MAN HELD IN GIRLFRIEND'S SLAYING; AFTER FLAGGING DOWN OFFICERS, HE BECAME SUSPECT.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer A man who flagged down police and said he had not heard from his girlfriend in several days was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday after the 21-year-old woman was found stabbed to death, officials said. Robert Vann Carson, 34, was arrested after he led officers to Lea Thomas' apartment in the 7100 block of Woodman Avenue where Lea Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs was found dead, said Detective Jim Rahm of LAPD's Van Nuys Division. ``We interviewed him and there's obvious discrepancies in his story,'' Rahm said. ``They had a dispute and he became angry . . . There's some obvious problems with the relationship.'' Carson is the father of the victim's 2-year-old daughter, who was staying with her grandmother at the time of the killing and has since been placed in her protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. . The suspect is in the process of being divorced by his wife who lives in Van Nuys and has four children, Rahm said. Thomas had moved from her parents' home in South Central Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to the Van Nuys apartment about three weeks ago, neighbors and police said. She had left a temporary job as a clerical worker at a Pasadena law firm last week and was signing up for psychology and sociology classes in the fall at a local college. She was last seen by her neighbors on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . Carson waved down officers at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of Woodman Avenue and Sherman Way about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday and asked if he could file a missing persons report on his girlfriend. Officers got the apartment manager to open her home and found Thomas dead on her bed. Police interviewed Carson and arrested him early Wednesday. Neighbors where Carson lives described him as a polite, respected father who spent much time with his children while at home on disability. ``He's good with the kids,'' said a family friend, Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American communist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). . ``The devil is busy.'' Carson was being held at Van Nuys jail in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $1 million bail. CAPTION(S): Photo, Map Photo: THOMAS Map: Body found - Van Nuys Daily News |
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