Adan Caldera Reveles was 32 years old when he died on Thursday, June 29, 2000, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1066 E. 7th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Long Beach Police Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him as "a 32-year-old Latino male" who "died Thursday, June 29, after being stabbed in Long Beach." A short Los Angeles Times news report published the next day, which spelled his name Adan Reveles-Caldara, gave more details. "A 32-year-old man died Thursday after an early morning attack in his apartment, a police spokesman said," the Times reported.
According to the report, he "suffered multiple stab wounds in a 12:30 a.m. attack at his apartment in the 1000 block of East 7th Street." He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The account came from Long Beach Police Sgt.
Steve Filippini, who said that "there have been no arrests, and investigators were unsure of a motive for the attack but suspect it was robbery." The report did not say how many people were involved, whether anyone else was in the apartment, or whether anything was taken.
The Times listed two Long Beach detectives assigned to the case, Richard Birdsall and Richard Conant, and asked anyone with information to call them at (562) 570-7244. No follow-up story could be found, and no obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser for him turned up in searches. The different spellings of his surnames in the coroner's record and in the news report also make his trace harder to follow, and no other record of his life has entered the public record.
The 1000 block of East 7th Street lies in central Long Beach, east of downtown, in a densely built part of the city made up largely of apartment buildings, older bungalows and small corner businesses. 7th Street is one of the main east-west routes through the area, carrying traffic between downtown and the eastern neighborhoods and the university. The area is home to many working families and renters, and it sits within the city's own police jurisdiction. The Long Beach Police Department, which handles homicides inside the city limits, has its own homicide detail.
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 Adan Caldera Reveles could be found in news archives or public records. More than 25 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was in or near the apartment buildings of the 1000 block of East 7th Street in the early hours of June 29, 2000, or who later heard someone talk about a robbery or stabbing there, 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 Long Beach Police Department's Homicide Detail at 562-570-7244, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
