On June 25, 2004, 23-year-old Matthew Justin Moody was found dead in Sawtelle, Los Angeles. According to Los Angeles County coroner records, Moody died after being strangled; the coroner entry lists the location as 1515 Purdue Ave. and records his age as 23. The death is recorded in the county homicide archive for that date.
Matthew Justin Moody is identified in the coroner archive as a white male, age 23. Other personal details beyond the coroner entry — such as family, occupation or a fuller biography — do not appear in the public coroner summary available through the Los Angeles Times archive of county homicide records. The record lists the investigating agency as WLA indicating local law-enforcement responsibility for the investigation.
Public records reviewed for this synopsis do not show any arrest, charge, conviction or public announcement closing the case. There are no publicly posted updates, reward notices, or follow-up news articles located in available archives that report a suspect identified, charged, or deceased. As of the sources reviewed, the case remains unsolved with no arrests reported; investigators with the West Los Angeles division handled the matter according to the coroner listing. Anyone with information should contact the West Los Angeles law-enforcement homicide investigators or the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's case inquiry service to ask about this specific case.
