Sahara Limon was 36 years old when she died on Sunday, October 3, 2021, in the North Hills neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds after being stabbed near 15115 Parthenia St. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Bureau Homicide unit.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report recorded her death in a single sentence drawn from coroner's records. It described her as "a 36-year-old Latino female" who "died Sunday, Oct. 3, after being stabbed near 15115 Parthenia St. in North Hills." The entry gave a street address, but it did not say whether that was her home or the place where she was found. No news story about her death could be found.
An obituary posted through Dignity Memorial adds a few details.
It says that "Sahara Limon, age 36, of San Fernando, California passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2021," and that she "was born September 7, 1985." The obituary also announced a funeral mass for her, which suggests that she was remembered by family and a church community, though the saved portion of the notice does not name her relatives or say where the service was held. She had lived in San Fernando, the small, separate city in the northeast Valley, only a few miles from the address where she was stabbed.
Sahara is an uncommon first name, and searches for her full name turned up little else that could be connected to her with confidence.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether she was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone she knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. 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.
North Hills is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley, within the city of Los Angeles. It was known as Sepulveda until 1991, when residents chose a new name. It is a busy, largely working-class area of apartment buildings, small houses and strip malls, crossed by major streets and close to the San Diego Freeway.
Her death came in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Los Angeles recorded about 260 homicides a year in 2018 and 2019, among the lowest yearly totals in more than half a century, yet many of those killings still went unsolved.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Sahara Limon could be found in news archives or public records. More than four years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Sahara Limon in San Fernando or North Hills, or who was on or near the 15100 block of Parthenia Street in early October 2021, may hold information that could help. Friends, neighbors or fellow parishioners may remember who she spent time with in the days before she died. 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.
