Daniel Vincent Mcquarie was 32 years old when he died on Monday, December 8, 2003, in Arcadia, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 100 block of East Foothill Boulevard. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as an Arcadia Police Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him as "a 32-year-old white male" who "died Monday, Dec. 8, after being stabbed in Arcadia." That short entry is nearly all that has been made public about his death. A genealogy website that draws on public death records lists a Daniel Mcquarie who died at the age of 32 on December 8, 2003, which matches the coroner's record, but it adds nothing about his life.
Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Daniel Vincent Mcquarie 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 beyond the Times entry. 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.
Mcquarie is an uncommon surname, and searches for Daniel Mcquarie turn up only unrelated people, among them a man named in a Canadian obituary and men who lived more than a century ago. None of them can be connected to the man who died in Arcadia. The record places his death on a block of a major street rather than at a house number, which may mean he was hurt outdoors or at a business, though it does not say so.
Arcadia is a city at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. It is known for Santa Anita Park, the thoroughbred racetrack that opened in the 1930s, for the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and for its quiet residential neighborhoods and well-regarded public schools. Foothill Boulevard is one of the main east-west roads across the northern part of the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia has its own police department, which handles homicides within the city limits.
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 Daniel Vincent Mcquarie could be found in news archives or public records. More than 22 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Daniel Mcquarie, or who was on or near East Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia in December 2003, may hold information that could help investigators. 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 Arcadia Police Department, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
