Eva Evette Rosado was 46 years old when she died on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles Police Department case handled by the Wilshire Division. The public record does not give the address or even the neighborhood where she was hurt.
She was a Black woman in her mid-40s. A brief obituary posted by Forest Lawn adds a few details to the coroner's record. It says she was "born on April 16, 1966, in Los Angeles, California," and that she "resided in Santa Monica, California at the time of her passing." Her funeral arrangements were handled by Forest Lawn in Covina. That short notice is the only trace of her life that could be found. It does not name her family, her work or the things she cared about, and no news outlet appears to have reported on her death. She surely had relatives, friends and neighbors who remember who she was, but none of that has entered the public record.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether she was beaten in a fight, attacked by a stranger, assaulted indoors or on the street, or struck by a vehicle, all of which can lead to a finding of blunt force trauma. It does not say what time of day she was hurt, whether she died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
The fact that the case belongs to the Wilshire Division, while her obituary says she lived in Santa Monica, suggests she may have been hurt somewhere away from her home, although the record does not say where, or whether she had moved recently.
The LAPD's Wilshire Division covers a stretch of the city west of Koreatown and east of Beverly Hills. It takes in Mid-Wilshire, Hancock Park, the Miracle Mile, the Fairfax District and parts of Mid-City. The area includes the museums along Wilshire Boulevard, among them the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the La Brea Tar Pits, as well as the Farmers Market and The Grove. Away from those landmarks it is largely residential, a mix of older apartment buildings, duplexes and single-family homes, with busy commercial streets such as Pico Boulevard, La Brea Avenue and Fairfax Avenue running through it.
Santa Monica, where she lived, is a separate beach city on the western edge of Los Angeles County, with its own police department.
Homicides in Los Angeles fell steeply in the late 2000s and early 2010s, yet many killings from those years were never solved.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Eva Evette Rosado could be found in news archives or public records. More than 13 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Eva, who saw her in Santa Monica or the Wilshire area in early October 2012, or who heard talk of what happened to her, may hold information that could help detectives. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Los Angeles Police Department at 877-527-3247 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
