Duncan Eric Campbell was 51 years old when he died on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in East Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 800 N. Mariposa Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him only as "a 51-year-old white male" who "died Sunday, March 29, after being stabbed near 800 N. Mariposa Ave. in East Hollywood." It gave no account of how he was hurt or who might have been involved.
A memorial listing on Find a Grave adds a little about where his life began. It records Duncan Eric Campbell as born on July 14, 1968, in Novi, a suburb in Oakland County, Michigan, and says he died on March 29, 2020, in Los Angeles County at the age of 51.
The listing does not say when he came to California or what brought him here.
A few weeks after his death, a neighborhood blog that covers East Hollywood, Jimbo Times, published a Memorial Day list honoring people killed close to home in recent years. Among them it named "Duncan Eric Campbell Jr., 51," with the date March 29, 2020, and the location "800 North Mariposa avenue." The "Jr." suggests that he carried his father's name. The same list shows that another man had been killed on that same block only a few months earlier, in December 2019, though nothing in the record connects the two deaths.
Beyond those listings, almost nothing about him has been made public. No obituary, family fundraiser or news story about his death could be found. The record does not say whether he lived on Mariposa Avenue, whether he was attacked by a stranger or someone he knew, or whether any witness saw what happened.
Duncan Campbell is a common name, shared by a well-known British crime journalist who died in 2025, an actor and others, and those namesakes crowd the search results for anyone trying to learn about this man.
East Hollywood is a densely built neighborhood east of Hollywood and north of Koreatown, with apartment buildings, small houses, hospitals and the campus of Los Angeles City College.
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. He died less than two weeks after COVID-19 stay-at-home orders took effect.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Duncan Eric Campbell could be found in news archives or public records. More than five years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who lived on or near North Mariposa Avenue in East Hollywood in March 2020, or who knew a 51-year-old man from Michigan named Duncan Campbell, 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.
