Samatha Sue Perez, a 40-year-old white woman, died on December 11, 2001, after being strangled. The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report records her death date, age, race and cause of death and lists the lead agency as the Long Beach Police Department.
Perez was identified by name and age in public records of homicides for Los Angeles County; available case summaries do not provide further biographical detail about her family, employment or residence in the material located. The brief public record I found notes only the basic facts of her death and identifies the investigating agency without additional narrative about circumstances at the scene, witnesses or suspect descriptions.
There are no open news articles, press releases or public reward notices located that describe arrests, charges, a suspect identification, or a resolution in this case. I found no court records or later reporting tying this homicide to any prosecution or closure. Because the publicly available homicide archive entry does not report an arrest or a case closure, the case remains listed in public records as an unsolved homicide.
Current status: according to the available public record consulted, Samatha Sue Perez's 2001 death by strangulation remains unsolved in the sources reviewed and no arrests or charges are reported in those sources.
