Jose Dejesus Morfin Jr., 24, was found dead on October 29, 2000, at 441 Bauchet St. in Chinatown. According to Los Angeles County coroner records reported by the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, the manner of death was homicide by strangulation.
Morfin was a 24-year-old Latino male. Beyond the basic coroner record listing his age, race/ethnicity, cause of death and the address where he died, available public records provide few additional personal details in the sources reviewed. The Los Angeles County Department of Sheriff's Homicide Bureau handled the investigation.
Contemporary public summaries and the coroner listing provide no publicly documented resolution: there is no record in the sources consulted of an arrest, charge, conviction or formal identification of a suspect in connection with Morfin's strangulation. No reward notice or public appeal specific to this victim was found in the materials reviewed, and news archives and public case lists consulted include only the coroner summary and agency designation.
The case remains unsolved in available public records: there are no reported arrests or charges tied to this homicide in the sources I reviewed. Anyone with information about the killing of Jose Dejesus Morfin Jr. is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau or to report anonymously through LA Crime Stoppers.
