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Eddie Cardenas

Case from El-monte, CA dated Oct 23, 2017

Victim Details

Eddie Cardenas

Male

Hispanic / Latino

El-monte

CA

2017-10-23

34

Eddie

Cardenas

07/04/2026

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Eddie Cardenas, a 34-year-old resident of El Monte, California, was tragically shot and killed on October 23, 2017. The incident occurred in the 4100 block of Shirley Avenue, where Cardenas lived in a small travel trailer behind his mother's house. On the morning of his death, El Monte police officers responded to a call around 7 a.m. and found Cardenas in a semi-fetal position just outside the door of his trailer, with one leg extended over the threshold. He had been shot in the head and back, ...
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  • homicide.latimes.com: Eddie Cardenas, 34 - The Homicide Report
  • San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Police investigating dead body found in El Monte
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    I’ve been following the Eddie Cardenas case for a while, and something that really stands out to m... ...Read More
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