Walter Todd Robertson, a 66-year-old Black man, died on January 8, 2021 after being strangled near 802 E. Jefferson Blvd. in the Historic South-Central area of Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. The death is recorded in public homicide archives for Los Angeles County with the cause listed as strangulation.
Robertson was identified in the medical examiner's record as age 66 and male. Beyond the basic vital details recorded by the coroner — date, location and manner of death — public records include his name in a County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors' meeting memorial list later that month. News archive records do not provide additional publicly posted biographical information about his family, employment or circumstances leading up to the fatal injury.
Local authorities were listed as the investigating agency in the archived homicide record; however, the sources examined do not report any subsequent arrest, charge, suspect identification, or court action connected to Robertson's strangling. There are no published notices of an arrest, charge, conviction, or official announcement closing the investigation in the records reviewed.
As of the latest public records reviewed, the case remains unsolved with no arrests reported. There were no tip-line numbers, reward notices, or contact details published on the examined pages; anyone with information should contact the appropriate Los Angeles law-enforcement agency handling homicides in the Historic South-Central area.
