US EditionSecurity in upscale L.A. apartments lax even after unsolved murder, tenants say
- Los Angeles police arrested 27-year-old Erick Escamilla for the April 26 murder of Menashe Hidra inside his Valley Village apartment.
- Neighbors called 911 after hearing a fight and shouting three days before but officers only knocked and left without entering the unit.
- Officers found bloody handprints between Hidra's apartment and an adjacent vacant unit where the suspect allegedly broke in through a skylight and jumped balconies.
- LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell stated he opened administrative investigations into officers not immediately entering the apartments, calling the delay a serious issue.
- The arrest highlights concerns over security and police response delays in upscale L.A. Apartments, with residents expressing fear while investigations continue.
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San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Whittier Daily NewsPolice find man suspected in Valley Village homicide at hospital
A 27-year-old man suspected of breaking into a Valley Village apartment and killing a man in late April was found by Los Angeles police this week at a hospital, authorities said. It was not disclosed how police identified Erick Escamilla as the suspect in the April 26 slaying of 53-year-old Menashe Hidra, how they found him in a hospital on Thursday, May 8, or for what injuries he was being treated. Hidra was killed in his apartment in the 12600…
Security in upscale L.A. apartments lax even after unsolved murder, tenants say
Even after a gruesome unsolved murder in an upscale Valley Village apartment complex last month, tenants continue to see what appears to be transients roaming the halls of their building. On April 26, the body of 53-year-old Menash “Manny” Hidra was found inside his fifth-floor unit, the top story of the Ashton Sherman Village Apartments in the 126000 block of Riverside Drive. Three days before the unsettling and tragic discovery, one resident…
Missing Body Prompts Internal LAPD Investigation
WOODLAND HILLS— On May 7, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) initiated aninternal investigation after officers were dispatched to Valley Village Apartments in Woodland Hills, on what seemed like a ploy, until a deceased man’s body was found a day later.This unsolved crime report was first reported on April 26, and updated on May 1. LAPD officers responded to a call for a welfare check in the 12600 block of Riverside Drive. Responding offic…
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