About 2:45PM, Monday, March 22, 2021, Alta Dena deputies responded to the 3100 block of N. Marengo Avenue in Alta Dena regarding a possible kidnapping in progress.
When deputies arrived, they found a deceased male Black adult in the driveway of the location, who had been stabbed several times. They checked the inside of the location and found a deceased female Black adult inside the residence.
During the investigation, detectives learned that the female victim was conducting a Zoom call with a colleague, when the attack on the male occurred. The Zoom caller witnessed the attack on both the male and female and called 911 to report the crime.
Investigators learned a vehicle was missing from the residence. During the investigation, a male Black adult returned to the location driving one of the victim’s vehicles and identified himself as a resident of the home. The male, Robert Cotton (32), was detained and has since been booked for two counts of murder.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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Deputy Tracy Koerner
Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles California 90012
http://www.lasd.org
(213) 229-1700
ORIGINAL POST
DATE: Monday, March 22, 2021
REPORTED AT: 2:45 p.m.
LOCATION: 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue in the city of Altadena
VICTIM: Male Adult
VICTIM: Female Adult
SUSPECT: Unknown
UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Barry Hall
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide investigators are responding to a double stabbing death investigation. The incident was reported Monday, March 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 p.m., on the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue in the city of Altadena.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
Forwarded by:
Deputy Michelle Sanchez
Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street
Los Angeles California 90012
http://www.lasd.org
213-229-1700
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