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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Marcia Whitehead grew up in Arcadia and is following her dream of being an opera singer.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2005
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2005
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Whitehead, Marcia
Opera
Singers
Item ID
29639AN
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Attempted murder/suicide by trying to drive off Chantry Flat at Santa Anita Dam. Suspect holed up at the dam house, SWAT called. The suspect, a 21-year-old Los Angeles resident named Patrick Anthony Gonzalez, was arrested by Arcadia police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33364
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gonzalez, Patrick Anthony
Murder-suicide
Item ID
33560AN
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Suspect in Arcadia murder-suicide leaves son a note. Couple was going through contentious divorce. Couple was identified as Mel Liu, 49, and Cherry Liu, 50 year old. Mel Liu left a letter to their 14 year old son trying to explain the fatal steps he took. Cherry Liu was well known through her work at Arcadia Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Madre Senior Services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35251
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35440AN
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Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay pays tribute to Cherry Liu as the Oct 2 City Council Meeting was adjourned. Liu, 50, who was murdered by her estranged husband August 1, who then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide. Liu was a long-time resident of Arcadia and volunteered for the City of Arcadia, frequently acted as an interpreter for city staff to help bridge the gap between cultures.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
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p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Liu, Cherry
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35483AN
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Roberta Reynolds, 39, an English teacher at Temple City High School, was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30342
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - suicide
Reynolds, Roberta
Item ID
30528AN
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The body of 41-year-old Monrovia woman Carina Yong-Yi Sun was found in a vehicle at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on January 9, 2012. The cause of death has tentatively been ruled suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2012
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2012
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Suicides
Sun, Carina Yong-Yi
Item ID
32975AN
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California Horse Racing Board suspends trainer Steven Jiro Miyadi's license after battery on jockey Alex Solis. Miyadi is a 59-year-old resident of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Horse trainers
Jockeys
Miyadi, Steven Jiro
Solis, Alex
Item ID
34875AN
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Li Zhu, a 68-year-old Arcadia man suspected in the death of his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, was found dead in his jail cell at Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 450 Bauchett Street in Los Angeles. Deputies found him hanging in his cell, in an apparent suicide.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33924AN
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Cherry Liu, a Sierra Madre City employee was murdered August 1 in a tragic murder-suicide in the 800 block of Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Her estranged husband Mel Liu died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35435AN
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Obituary/death notice. Alice Zhang, an Arcadia High School student, was struck and killed by a car driven by a 20 year-old in the 600 block of Duarte Road. Her 16 year-old friend from Upland was seriously injured.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32565AN
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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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The coroner's spokesperson Craig Harvey, says an autopsy has confirmed that Li Zhu died of asphyxia, and the death was ruled a suicide. Li Zhu was a 68-year-old Arcadia man found hanging in his jail cell on January 8. He was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, in the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33925AN
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
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Newspaper Index
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Witness apprehends hit-and-run suspect Rebeca Gonzalez, a 54 year-old Arcadia resident. She struck two pedestrians with her vehicle.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gonzalez, Rebeca
Item ID
34741AN
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Newspaper Index
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After competing in the Olympics in London, 16-year-old table tennis star, Erica Wu, an Arcadia resident, returns to Westridge School to start her junior year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33143
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Olympians
Olympic Games--Summer 2012
Wu, Erica
Item ID
33340AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Melissa Huff's stolen prosthetic legs have been returned. They were found and returned to her mother's unlocked car.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29941
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Huff, Melissa
Arcadia High School students
Prosthetics
Thefts
Item ID
30127AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35639AN
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The body and car of Arcadia resident Pei-hua Tsai were recovered after his car plunged into the San Gabriel Reservoir last Saturday, March 12, 2005. He was 24 years old. A photo shows the wreckage and divers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Tsai, Pei-Hua
Car accidents
San Gabriel Reservoir
Item ID
29636AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Monrovia firefighter, Fernando Rodriguez, 41, shot his wife, Katherine Rodriguez, and then himself in the parking lot of City of Hope National Medical Center. Arcadia and Los Angeles County fire teams watched over Monrovia after all Monrovia fire personnel were called in to hear the news.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30079
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rodriguez, Fernando
Rodriguez, Katherine
City of Hope National Medical Center
Firefighters
Monrovia Fire Department
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Item ID
30265AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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