Crime & Safety
Woman Stabbed To Death In Long Beach
A man near the scene was detained by officers and later determined to be the suspect, police said.
LONG BEACH, CA — A 30-year-old woman was stabbed to death Sunday morning in Long Beach.
Officers were dispatched just before 3 a.m. Sunday to the 3500 block of Santa Fe Avenue, south of the San Diego (405) Freeway, to a report of a possible burglary at a gated community and found a woman with stab wounds to her upper and lower body, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
Arriving paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. She was identified as Alejandra Acosta Butron of Long Beach.
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A man near the scene was detained by officers and later determined to be the suspect, according to the LBPD. He was identified as 24-year-old Leonard Lee Rowles Jr. of Long Beach.
Rowles was arrested and booked at the Long Beach City Jail, where he was being held on $2 million bail for suspicion of murder.
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Detectives believe Rowles and Butron were in a dating relationship, but the circumstances leading up to the stabbing were still under investigation.
Anyone with any information regarding the homicide was urged to call homicide detectives Michael Hutchinson or Lisette Temblador at 562-570-7244. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
— City News Service
