Esteban Canory was 46 years old when he died on Sunday, October 21, 2007, in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds, and the address listed for the case is 4905 W. 6th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, which drew on coroner's records, contains only one sentence about him. It said that "Esteban Canory, a 46-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Oct. 21, after being stabbed in Hancock Park." The entry gave no time, no account of what happened and no description of a suspect, and no follow-up entry appears to have been published.
It is not clear from the record whether the listed address is where he was attacked or where he died, and it is unusual for a death in this part of the city to be listed as a Sheriff's Department case rather than a city police case, which the public record does not explain.
Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Esteban Canory has been made public. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no news outlet appears to have reported on the death. He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he 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 he was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone he knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. It does not say what time of day he was hurt, whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect. Even his name leaves few clues. Canory is an uncommon surname, and searches for it turn up no other record of a man named Esteban Canory in Los Angeles or anywhere else, which raises the possibility that the name was recorded with a different spelling than the one his family used.
Hancock Park is one of the older neighborhoods of central Los Angeles, known for its large homes, tree-lined streets and the Wilshire Country Club. The area sits close to Koreatown, the Miracle Mile and Larchmont Village, and the busier streets around it carry steady traffic and are lined in places with apartment buildings.
Hundreds of people are killed in Los Angeles County every year, and a large share of those killings end without an arrest.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Esteban Canory could be found in news archives or public records. More than 18 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew a 46-year-old man named Esteban Canory in Los Angeles in 2007, who knew where he lived or worked, or who heard about a stabbing along Sixth Street near Hancock Park in October 2007, 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 contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
