Ronnelle Ronshan Carrillo was 25 years old when he died on Monday, June 18, 2018, in North Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 11430 N. Chandler Blvd. His 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 described him only as "a 25-year-old Black male" who "died Monday, June 18, after being stabbed near 11430 N. Chandler Blvd. in North Hollywood." A short news report published the next day by City News Service added more. It said he "was fatally stabbed in North Hollywood during a dispute with another man, who remains at large." According to that report, the stabbing occurred "about 2:50 a.m. Monday near Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue," and Carrillo "died at a hospital." The report placed the stabbing at a different spot from the address in the coroner's record.
The record does not explain the difference, which may mean that one location marks where he was attacked and the other where he was found or treated.
The same report gave one detail about the attacker. "A man believed to be in his 60s was being sought as a suspect, police said." It did not describe what the dispute was about, whether the two men knew each other, or whether a weapon was found. That a man in his 60s was sought for the killing of a 25-year-old sets the case apart, and it suggests that witnesses or video may have given police at least a general description.
Beyond those reports, almost nothing about his life has been made public. The news report said that "His hometown was not known." No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story. His name is uncommon, and searches for it turned up no other trace of him, which suggests that his family and friends kept their grief private or shared their memories in places that search engines do not reach. At 25, he was a young man who may have had parents, siblings or friends who could still describe who he was.
North Hollywood is one of the best-known neighborhoods of the San Fernando Valley. It is home to a lively arts district with small theaters, studios, restaurants and bars, and to the North Hollywood Metro station, where the B Line subway ends. Magnolia Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard are busy streets lined with apartments, homes and businesses, and the area draws people late into the night, which means that someone may have been on the street or nearby in the early morning hours when he was hurt.
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 Ronnelle Ronshan Carrillo could be found in news archives or public records. More than seven years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was near Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue, or Chandler Boulevard, in North Hollywood in the early hours of June 18, 2018, or who knew a 25-year-old man named Ronnelle Carrillo, 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.
