Crime and Public Safety

A leading forensic scientist who spent decades with one of the country's largest medical examiner's offices shared what she believes may have happened to Nancy Guthrie.

Demolition is set to begin Monday on the 1.2 million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario following a devastating six-alarm arson fire in April.

A Pennsylvania woman accused of faking terminal brain cancer to scam friends, family members and supporters out of thousands of dollars is among the FBI's most wanted fugitives after authorities said she used the donations to fund luxury travel and vacations in Australia instead of medical treatment.

Two burglary suspects went to unusual lengths to avoid being caught following an overnight store break-in at an Ulta store in Canoga Park.

A woman was killed, and another person was injured in a shooting near a candlelight vigil in Watts early Sunday morning.

A teenage girl who was competing in a National Barrel Horse Association event in Las Vegas was arrested over the weekend after three horses were attacked with a sharp object.

A man named Loony Toon is headed to prison for a long time after being convicted of firing shots at multiple police officers as he fled from a traffic stop last year.

A taxpayer-funded homeless services facility in Skid Row is drawing intense scrutiny as LAPD reports a dramatic surge in violent crime.

A British woman has been convicted of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter nearly five decades after the child's death was ruled an accident.

On Friday, Rebecca Haro accepted a plea agreement and waived her right to a trial for the murder of her son, Emmanuel Haro.