Virginia Edna Modes, a 68-year-old white female, was found dead on June 2, 2004, in Compton. According to Los Angeles County coroner records reported by the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, her cause of death was strangulation. The death location is recorded as 1315 W. Magnolia St., Compton, and the Gardena Police Department is listed as the investigating agency.
Modes was described in coroner records as a 68-year-old woman; beyond basic demographic details the public record in the sources reviewed offers no extended biography, family information or employment history. The circumstances reported are limited to the coroner's determination that the death was a homicide by strangulation and the identifying information that links the victim to the Compton address and date of death.
The available public record and reporting provide few details about the investigation itself: the entry identifies Gardena Police Department as the agency associated with the case but the sources consulted do not include a subsequent press release, an arrest, charges, a named suspect, reward notice, or follow-up reporting indicating progress. No arrests or charges linked to Modes's homicide were found in the materials reviewed.
As of the records consulted, Virginia Edna Modes's death remains unsolved with no publicly reported arrests or clear case resolution. Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Gardena Police Department, which is identified in the coroner/record notes as the agency associated with the investigation.
