NO HAPPY ENDING BODY FOUND IN MISSING MAN'S PICKUP TRUCK.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The body of a man was found Thursday in the bed of a landscaping truck belonging to a Canyon Country man reported missing the night before, but investigators did not immediately identify the dead man. The family of Ramon Castro reported him missing late Wednesday night after coming home and finding blood splattered splat·ter v. splat·tered, splat·ter·ing, splat·ters v.tr. To spatter (something), especially to soil with splashes of liquid. v.intr. throughout the house and in the driveway, sheriff's deputies said. Castro lived in the Evron Avenue house with his wife, Esmerelda, and two children. ``I wouldn't characterize it as a bloodbath blood·bath also blood bath n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre. Noun 1. bloodbath - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the ,'' homicide detective Robert Harris Robert Harris may refer to:
"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whose blood it is or even if it's human or animal.'' While homicide investigators swarmed over the house, a passer-by spotted an abandoned truck matching a description of Castro's Westland Landscaping pickup, said Deputy Ramiro Juarez of the sheriff's headquarters bureau. The truck was parked on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling under an Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. bridge. Sheriff's investigators closed Sierra Highway from San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the to The Old Road at 10 a.m. as they searched for evidence with help from a crew of volunteers. At one point in the late morning, one of Castro's sons and a young woman in a black BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. arrived at the Sierra Highway location; they stayed about 45 minutes and spoke briefly with deputies before leaving. Neighbors told deputies that the Castros had been having marital problems - a suspicion backed by Castro's former wife, who arrived at the home distraught after speaking with an adult son. ``A friend of mine called me and said she'd heard about a missing man named Ramon Castro and wondered if it was Ray. I tried to call him, but there was no answer, not even his machine, so I called our son ... and he said it was his dad,'' said Leslie Quintero, divorced from Castro since 1986. Quintero said she and Castro remained friends after the divorce and talked with each other frequently. ``Everybody loved him,'' Quintero said. ``If one of his employees wanted to go home to Mexico for a while, he would let them, and they would have a job when they came back.'' She said her ex-husband bought the landscaping route from his uncle several years ago and built up the business. Many of Westland's clients are in upscale areas of Stevenson Ranch and Valencia. No arrests had been made by Thursday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to call Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Investigators check Ramon ``Ray'' Castro's blood-spattered house and driveway Thursday in Canyon Country. (2 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Leslie Quintero arrives Thursday the home of her former husband, Ramon ``Ray'' Castro, after learning he was missing. (3 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) CASTRO David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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