On July 6, 2002, Deborah Thorton, a 39-year-old Black woman, died after being strangled in Downtown Los Angeles. Coroner records list her date of death as July 6, 2002, and give the location tied to an address at 822 Werdin Place. The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report entry for the case records the cause of death as strangulation and identifies the investigating agency as Central.
Little additional public information about Thorton's life or the immediate circumstances surrounding her death appears in the available brief record: the Homicide Report entry lists only her age, race, gender, cause of death, date and a downtown address. No narrative details, family statements, witness descriptions, or information about possible motives are provided on that page, and I did not locate contemporaneous press releases, reward notices, or detailed news stories in the sources opened.
The official record accessed does not indicate any arrest, charge, or closure of the investigation. Based on the material reviewed, the case remains unresolved in the public record cited: there is no reported suspect, arrest, or conviction noted in the source consulted. No tip line or contact information was provided on the Homicide Report page.
