Crime & Safety
Man Suspected Of Dumping Bodies Off LA Freeways Arrested
Police arrested a man suspected of killing a 17-year-old girl and a woman and disposing of their bodies next to the freeways: BREAKING.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A man suspected of killing a teenage girl and a young woman in Lincoln Heights in 2011 is being held without bail, police said Tuesday.
Geovanni Borjas, 32, was arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the sheriff's department.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck scheduled an afternoon news conference to discuss the case.
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Borjas is suspected in the slayings of 17-year-old Michelle Lozano and 22-year-old Bree'Anna Guzman, and charges are expected to be filed against him later Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The teen's body, which had been wrapped in plastic bags and stuffed in a plastic container, was found on April 26, 2011, near the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway at State Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights, The Times reported.
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The container was dumped over a concrete barrier along the freeway and broke open when it hit the ground, spilling the girl's body into the shrubs.
Guzman vanished the day after Christmas 2011. Her body was found a month later on the Glendale (2) Freeway on-ramp near Riverside Drive in Echo Park, according to the LAPD.
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