Pervis Patterson, a 33-year-old Black man, was found dead on March 2, 2010, on the eastbound 210 Freeway near Foothill Boulevard in the Lake View Terrace area of Los Angeles. His body was discovered bound in a plastic bag along the freeway by a Caltrans worker at about 1:30 p.m. According to Los Angeles County coroner's records, Patterson died from strangulation.
Little public information about Patterson's life or occupation appears in official reports; the record available through the Los Angeles Police Department investigation identifies him only by name, age and race. LAPD Foothill detectives handled the inquiry, and Detective M. Santana was cited as the investigator on the case. Early reporting noted authorities were trying to determine the circumstances that led up to his death and that the case was being treated as a homicide.
Despite investigative attention at the time, no arrests were reported in connection with Patterson's killing. The case remained open with LAPD investigators seeking information from the public. Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective M. Santana at the telephone number listed by investigators, and anonymous tips could be submitted to Crime Stoppers. As of the records reviewed, the killing of Pervis Patterson remains unsolved with no publicly reported arrests or charges.
