Stockton, California Serial Killer Being Sought by Police - 2022 *ARREST*

Five unprovoked murders in the past several months appear to be the work of one person, according to the Stockton, California, Police Department.

Authorities are searching for a person of interest tied to the five slayings, the first of which occurred on July 8. All of the victims were men and all were alone at the time they were fatally shot, police said.

The killings all happened at night or in the early morning hours.

Police released only a few details about the string of murders and when they happened: a 35-year-old man fatally shot at 12:31 a.m. on July 8; a 43-year-old man fatally shot at 9:49 p.m. on Aug. 11; a 21-year-old man fatally shot at 6:41 a.m. on Aug. 30; a 52-year-old man fatally shot at 4:27 a.m. on Sept. 21; and a 54-year-old man fatally shot at 1:53 a.m. on Sept. 27.

Stockton police told ABC News that all of the victims were ambushed, none were robbed and none were drug- or gang-related. Police also told ABC News that they have physical evidence linking the five crime scenes together.

More at link: Stockton, California police search for apparent serial killer tied to 5 murders | abc7.com

 

[GrandmaBear]

It would be nice if it worked that way, but it never does. Unfortunately, people have to get used to it.

yeah we aren't going to change what's wrong in the world so get used to it. and say nothing, that will help and probably didn't help create the very problems, everyone saying nothing, just give up. oh i agree nothing will change, everything is too far gone. but okay. i expect you to do the same then re every case being corrupt, wrongful conviction and that this or that should be done. just shut up and deal with it and leave it be. deal?

forget it. i'm not going to stop it. and i darned well know you aren't but I'm talking of real and continual delays over years in almost every case not some thinking every case is corrupt and the perp innocent and railroaded.

enuf said i think.

so there.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Accused Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee enters 'not guilty' plea

A status conference is scheduled for Monday in the case against the accused Stockton serial killer.

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Accused Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee enters 'not guilty' plea​

The man suspected in a serial killing spree in Stockton and Oakland made an appearance in court Monday.

Wesley Brownlee went before a judge inside a Superior Court of California San Joaquin County courtroom during a status conference in the case against him where his attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

During the brief status conference, Brownlee's defense attorney requested an April 29 check-in date, which the judge granted.

That court proceeding will be considered a "pre-preliminary" hearing, according to the judge.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

These high-profile cases will be back in San Joaquin County Superior Court in November

Defendants accused of serial killings, fraud, and a fatal hit-and-run are set to make their way back to the San Joaquin County Superior Court.

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Alleged serial killer to make court appearance for doctor report​

A court case that had extensive media coverage in 2022 was the seven serial killings that took place throughout the city and part of the Bay Area.

Prior to an arrest, the Stockton Police Department said they believed the shooting deaths were connected and cautioned residents to stay vigilant.

In October 2022, Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was arrested in connection with the killings but only charged in the fatal shootings of three men: Jonathan Rodriguez, 21, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz, 52, and Lawrence Lopez, 54.

Prosecutors said that an unserialized "ghost gun" found in Brownlee's possession at the time of his arrest allegedly tied the shootings together through ballistic evidence.
Cellular data associated with Brownlee allegedly placed him at the locations and temporal proximity of the killings, according to prosecutors.

It wasn’t until Dec. 2022 that more charges were filed against Brownlee.

Brownlee was charged with the murder of an Alameda County man, Mervin Harmon, who was shot on April 16, 2021. Added to his charges were also the murders of Paul Yaw and Salvador Debudey Jr. and the attempted murder of Natasha LaTour.

The district attorney's office also filed a murder charge for the death of Juan Alexander Vasquez in Alameda County.

Brownlee will appear in court Nov. 18 for a doctor report, according to his attorney.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Competency report hearing for alleged Stockton serial killer postponed to December

Wesley Brownlee, who was arrested Oct. 15, 2022, has been accused of seven fatal shootings in Stockton and Alameda County.

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Competency report hearing for alleged Stockton serial killer postponed to December​

Two years after the arrest of alleged killer Wesley Brownlee, it remains undetermined if he will be competent to stand trial, according to a court hearing held Monday morning inside a Stockton courtroom.

A hearing Monday where a competency report was going to be provided had to be rescheduled for Dec. 2 because it had not yet been received.


Inside the courtroom, Brownlee’s supporters sat down, and listened to Judge Xapuri Villapudua and lawyers discuss further court dates alongside one alleged surviving victim and other victims' family members.

Last month, the court had ordered for Brownlee to be examined for competency to stand trial by Dr. Silvia Torres, but the prosecution said Monday that a doctor still needed to meet with the defendant in order for the report to be completed.

Court documents showed that the competency report stemmed from Brownlee’s defense on Aug. 19 when they tendered a declaration of doubt as to their client’s competence.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Suspected serial killer trial on hold as doctors assess his mental competency

In August 2024, Brownlee’s defense tendered a declaration of doubt over their client’s competence to stand trial.

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Suspected serial killer trial on hold as doctors assess his mental competency​

More answers could be coming in March regarding alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee’s competency to stand trial, a judge said Monday.


In November, the court had difficulties reaching court-appointed doctor Silvia Torres, who was set to meet with Brownlee for examination.

Earlier this month, San Joaquin County Superior Judge Xapuri Villapudua said Brownlee had refused to speak to the doctor when they finally got in touch.

In August 2024, Brownlee’s defense had tendered a declaration of doubt as to their client’s competence. At the hearing Monday, prosecutor Elton Grau voiced his opinion on the matter.

Grau told the judge that there was a difference between Brownlee choosing not to speak with a doctor versus him not being capable of interacting with the doctor.

Despite the failed attempts to evaluate Brownlee, the doctor assigned to the case told the court they would not stop attempting to speak to Brownlee.

Although Brownlee’s competency remains at the center of the case, the judge set a hearing for 9 a.m. on March 10, where they will discuss the doctor's report.

Court records also show that a motion to quash will be heard at the next hearing. A motion to quash typically means a request was submitted to declare an item, such as a subpoena, invalid or void.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Smfh.

Doubtful this one is going anywhere fast. Imo.

 

[Tresir]

Smfh.

Doubtful this one is going anywhere fast. Imo.

It looks like his victims were either Hispanic or Creole right? Also the gun he had on him has been identified as the murder weapon by ballistics too.

Is he now looking for an insanity defence?

 

[GrandmaBear]

It looks like his victims were either Hispanic or Creole right? Also the gun he had on him has been identified as the murder weapon by ballistics too.

Is he now looking for an insanity defence?

I don't know. It sounds to me like many sound. The attorneys will want the evaluation but the client does not cooperate and refuses to talk to the doctor. Sometimes I'm not sure if it is a stunt or what. Sometimes it is requested but a State doctor is then put on it, and they do not want to talk to the State doctor. I'm not up on this one but clearly they asked for this but he refuses to see or talk to the doctor.

I don't see this one going anywhere fast.

 

[Tresir]

Stockton, Calif., serial killing suspect arrested

Police in Stockton, California, say they have arrested a man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings.

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This is a good article. It names the victims and confims they have matched the gun he had on him to be the murder weapon. It's a 3D printed gun. Now they need to get on with the trial.

I am posting the names here separately. Perhaps they should go in the thread title info. Note that they have ballistics and video evidence.

"Investigators have said ballistics tests and video evidence linked the crimes.

At the press conference, a moment of silence was held for the victims.
Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was killed in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and Natasha LaTour, 46, was shot in Stockton on April 16 of that year but survived. The five men killed in Stockton this year were Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8; Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died Aug. 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died Aug. 30; Juan Cruz, 52, who died Sept. 21; and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died Sept. 27."


From the article -

Police had been searching for a man clad in black who was caught on video at several of the crime scenes in Stockton, where five men were ambushed and shot to death between July 8 and Sept. 27. Four were walking, and one was in a parked car.
Police believe the same person was responsible for killing a man 70 miles away in Oakland in April 2021 and wounding a homeless woman in Stockton a week later.

Investigators have said ballistics tests and video evidence linked the crimes.

At the press conference, a moment of silence was held for the victims.
Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was killed in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and Natasha LaTour, 46, was shot in Stockton on April 16 of that year but survived. The five men killed in Stockton this year were Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8; Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died Aug. 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died Aug. 30; Juan Cruz, 52, who died Sept. 21; and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died Sept. 27.

Police said Brownlee has a criminal history and is believed to have also lived in several cities near Stockton, but they did not give further details.



Authorities said they received hundreds of tips after announcing the manhunt, and one of them led investigators to find and watch the place where Brownlee was living.
"Based on tips coming into the department and Stockton Crime Stoppers, we were able to zero in on a possible suspect," McFadden said. "Our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving. We watched his patterns and determined early this morning, he was on a mission to kill."
McFadden added that Brownlee was detained after engaging in what appeared to be threatening behavior, including going to parks and dark places, stopping and looking around before driving on.


Investigators were still trying to identify a motive for the attacks. Police said some victims were homeless, but not all. None were beaten or robbed, and the woman who survived said her attacker didn't say anything.
The police chief thanked various local, state and federal agencies that took part in the investigation, including the FBI, U.S. Marshals and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Local investigators had also worked with police in Chicago to determine whether the killings might be linked to two 2018 murders in that city's Rogers Park neighborhood. Authorities said videos of suspects showed a man in black with a distinctive walk.
However, Chicago police said Friday that there didn't appear to be any link.


Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden, center, flanked by Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, left, and City Manager Harry Black, listens to a question about the investigation into a suspected serial killer during a news conference in Stockton, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2022.
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

 

[GrandmaBear]

This is a good article. It names the victims and confims they have matched the gun he had on him to be the murder weapon. It's a 3D printed gun. Now they need to get on with the trial.

From the article -

Police had been searching for a man clad in black who was caught on video at several of the crime scenes in Stockton, where five men were ambushed and shot to death between July 8 and Sept. 27. Four were walking, and one was in a parked car.
Police believe the same person was responsible for killing a man 70 miles away in Oakland in April 2021 and wounding a homeless woman in Stockton a week later.

Investigators have said ballistics tests and video evidence linked the crimes.

At the press conference, a moment of silence was held for the victims.
Juan Vasquez Serrano, 39, was killed in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and Natasha LaTour, 46, was shot in Stockton on April 16 of that year but survived. The five men killed in Stockton this year were Paul Yaw, 35, who died July 8; Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died Aug. 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died Aug. 30; Juan Cruz, 52, who died Sept. 21; and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, who died Sept. 27.

Police said Brownlee has a criminal history and is believed to have also lived in several cities near Stockton, but they did not give further details.



Authorities said they received hundreds of tips after announcing the manhunt, and one of them led investigators to find and watch the place where Brownlee was living.
"Based on tips coming into the department and Stockton Crime Stoppers, we were able to zero in on a possible suspect," McFadden said. "Our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving. We watched his patterns and determined early this morning, he was on a mission to kill."
McFadden added that Brownlee was detained after engaging in what appeared to be threatening behavior, including going to parks and dark places, stopping and looking around before driving on.


Investigators were still trying to identify a motive for the attacks. Police said some victims were homeless, but not all. None were beaten or robbed, and the woman who survived said her attacker didn't say anything.
The police chief thanked various local, state and federal agencies that took part in the investigation, including the FBI, U.S. Marshals and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Local investigators had also worked with police in Chicago to determine whether the killings might be linked to two 2018 murders in that city's Rogers Park neighborhood. Authorities said videos of suspects showed a man in black with a distinctive walk.
However, Chicago police said Friday that there didn't appear to be any link.


Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden, center, flanked by Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, left, and City Manager Harry Black, listens to a question about the investigation into a suspected serial killer during a news conference in Stockton, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2022.
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Sounds like they aren't sure yet what makes this guy tick, or his motive...

 

[Tresir]

This article is linked in another article upthread and is the detail of the victim who survived. Here's the link and narrative. Why don't they charge him with the attempted murder first? She was shot seven times and only survived by crawling to a road where a passerby saw her and called LE. I bet there are more that haven't even been traced to him yet.

Stockton police privately apologized over a year later to survivor of alleged serial killer

Police said they apologized to Natasha LaTour for failing to conduct a follow-up investigation after she was shot several times in April 2021.

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San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar speaks about the arraignment of alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee during a news conference at the DA's office in downtown Stockton on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.

CLIFFORD OTO/THE STOCKTON RECORD​

Stockton police privately apologized over a year later to survivor of alleged serial killer​

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Victoria Franco | Bay City News Foundation
The Stockton Police Department privately apologized to a woman for not taking her case seriously enough after she was allegedly the first target in Stockton to be shot by a man suspected of a series of shootings of some unhoused people.
Natasha LaTour may be the only surviving victim of alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee after she was shot 20 months ago.
Police said they apologized to LaTour, a 48-year-old Creole woman who was unsheltered at the time of her shooting, for failing to conduct a follow-up investigation after she was shot several times in April 2021 in Stockton.
LaTour is angry, not only for herself, but for the people that died after her, allegedly by the same hand. Despite feeling that the apologies given to her were sincere, she says if authorities would have taken her case seriously, it could have possibly prevented the deaths of five innocent people.
The spokesperson for the Stockton Police Department, along with Chief Stanley McFadden, apologized to LaTour shortly before a vigil began on Oct. 19 in front of City Hall to honor the six men who were fatally shot between April 2021 and September of this year in Stockton and Oakland.
"They offered me an apology in regard to how the case was handled," said LaTour.
"They were all whispered, it was not on a microphone," she said.
Joseph Silva, the Stockton Police Department public information officer, said he and some of the members of the department did apologize to LaTour.
"The chief and I apologized to her and the reason for that was because she's a victim of a violent crime and she was apologized to because of a follow up that was not conducted during her investigation," said Silva.
A second investigation did not occur until early October of this year, but by then five people had been killed, LaTour said.
"It's clear to me there are people that are dead because they (police) didn't reach out," said LaTour.
Police announced on Sept. 30 of this year that a series of homicides claiming the lives of five people were believed to be connected.
The Stockton Police Department then revealed that two additional cases had also been linked with the previous shootings: a fatal shooting of a 40-year-old Hispanic man in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and an attempted murder in Stockton on April 16, 2021, when a 46-year-old Black woman, LaTour, was shot at Park and Union streets.
LaTour confirmed that although police identified her as a "Black woman" — she identifies as Creole — it was her shooting that they reported.
San Joaquin County prosecutors said in October that an unserialized "ghost gun" found in Brownlee's possession at his arrest had allegedly been tied to the shootings through ballistic evidence.
The other lives taken in the series of homicides included Juan Vasquez Serrano, Paul Yaw, Salvador Debudey Jr., Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz, and Lawrence Lopez.
After midnight on April 16, 2021, LaTour said she had been at her storage unit, a place where she typically changed after she became unsheltered during the pandemic. She said she had stopped to buy a beanie and sweatshirt before riding her bike over the train tracks to Park and Union streets.
It was about 3 a.m. when she heard movement in some gravel near her and decided to turn around and look at the noise.
"I turned, I looked, and when I looked this person already had a weapon drawn, the gun was out," alleged LaTour.
She said she felt the wind of the train passing by at full force as her shooter remained silent and began firing multiple gunshots at her.
"I'm thinking, this is pure genius -- no one's going to hear these gunshots," she said.
Stockton Police Department detectives said in a Facebook post that the shooting victim on that day described the suspect as a male of unknown race, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall with a thin build, and was wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and dark colored pants.
LaTour's attacker was wearing an all-black COVID-19 style mask, making it difficult for her to identify the shooter, she said.
As LaTour was lying on the ground, she was scared and knew she needed to get herself to the street to get help, she said, but she felt sleepy. Somehow, she crawled out into the street to seek help while remembering her late grandmother.
LaTour said she is unsure how many cars drove by while she was on the ground, but one vehicle stopped, drove about a block away and called for help.
"Don't worry, I'm calling 911 for you mija," said the passerby, who remains unknown to LaTour.
According to the Stockton Police Department's incident report, Officers Shawn Marques and David Hayden arrived on scene at 3:27 a.m.
Officer Hayden's report said LaTour was taken to a hospital where she was in critical but stable condition.
According to San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, Brownlee was charged with only three of the suspected shootings in October because prosecutors had sufficient evidence for the shootings. He is next scheduled to be in court on Jan. 3.
"LaTour's attempted murder is also pending evidence," Salazar said at a press conference held in October.
LaTour said because police failed to reach out to her for a second investigation, she feels that her life was not a priority to the police officials.
"It feels horrible, but it feels a million times worse to know that people are dead behind it too," said LaTour. "The more I think about it, the more it makes me wonder if maybe I wasn't even the second one shot."

 

[GrandmaBear]

This article is linked in another article upthread and is the detail of the victim who survived. Here's the link and narrative. Why don't they charge him with the attempted murder first? She was shot seven times and only survived by crawling to a road where a passerby saw her and called LE. I bet there are more that haven't even been traced to him yet.

Stockton police privately apologized over a year later to survivor of alleged serial killer

Police said they apologized to Natasha LaTour for failing to conduct a follow-up investigation after she was shot several times in April 2021.

eu.recordnet.com

Show caption

San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar speaks about the arraignment of alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee during a news conference at the DA's office in downtown Stockton on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.

CLIFFORD OTO/THE STOCKTON RECORD​

Stockton police privately apologized over a year later to survivor of alleged serial killer​

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Victoria Franco | Bay City News Foundation
The Stockton Police Department privately apologized to a woman for not taking her case seriously enough after she was allegedly the first target in Stockton to be shot by a man suspected of a series of shootings of some unhoused people.
Natasha LaTour may be the only surviving victim of alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee after she was shot 20 months ago.
Police said they apologized to LaTour, a 48-year-old Creole woman who was unsheltered at the time of her shooting, for failing to conduct a follow-up investigation after she was shot several times in April 2021 in Stockton.
LaTour is angry, not only for herself, but for the people that died after her, allegedly by the same hand. Despite feeling that the apologies given to her were sincere, she says if authorities would have taken her case seriously, it could have possibly prevented the deaths of five innocent people.
The spokesperson for the Stockton Police Department, along with Chief Stanley McFadden, apologized to LaTour shortly before a vigil began on Oct. 19 in front of City Hall to honor the six men who were fatally shot between April 2021 and September of this year in Stockton and Oakland.
"They offered me an apology in regard to how the case was handled," said LaTour.
"They were all whispered, it was not on a microphone," she said.
Joseph Silva, the Stockton Police Department public information officer, said he and some of the members of the department did apologize to LaTour.
"The chief and I apologized to her and the reason for that was because she's a victim of a violent crime and she was apologized to because of a follow up that was not conducted during her investigation," said Silva.
A second investigation did not occur until early October of this year, but by then five people had been killed, LaTour said.
"It's clear to me there are people that are dead because they (police) didn't reach out," said LaTour.
Police announced on Sept. 30 of this year that a series of homicides claiming the lives of five people were believed to be connected.
The Stockton Police Department then revealed that two additional cases had also been linked with the previous shootings: a fatal shooting of a 40-year-old Hispanic man in Oakland on April 10, 2021, and an attempted murder in Stockton on April 16, 2021, when a 46-year-old Black woman, LaTour, was shot at Park and Union streets.
LaTour confirmed that although police identified her as a "Black woman" — she identifies as Creole — it was her shooting that they reported.
San Joaquin County prosecutors said in October that an unserialized "ghost gun" found in Brownlee's possession at his arrest had allegedly been tied to the shootings through ballistic evidence.
The other lives taken in the series of homicides included Juan Vasquez Serrano, Paul Yaw, Salvador Debudey Jr., Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz, and Lawrence Lopez.
After midnight on April 16, 2021, LaTour said she had been at her storage unit, a place where she typically changed after she became unsheltered during the pandemic. She said she had stopped to buy a beanie and sweatshirt before riding her bike over the train tracks to Park and Union streets.
It was about 3 a.m. when she heard movement in some gravel near her and decided to turn around and look at the noise.
"I turned, I looked, and when I looked this person already had a weapon drawn, the gun was out," alleged LaTour.
She said she felt the wind of the train passing by at full force as her shooter remained silent and began firing multiple gunshots at her.
"I'm thinking, this is pure genius -- no one's going to hear these gunshots," she said.
Stockton Police Department detectives said in a Facebook post that the shooting victim on that day described the suspect as a male of unknown race, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall with a thin build, and was wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and dark colored pants.
LaTour's attacker was wearing an all-black COVID-19 style mask, making it difficult for her to identify the shooter, she said.
As LaTour was lying on the ground, she was scared and knew she needed to get herself to the street to get help, she said, but she felt sleepy. Somehow, she crawled out into the street to seek help while remembering her late grandmother.
LaTour said she is unsure how many cars drove by while she was on the ground, but one vehicle stopped, drove about a block away and called for help.
"Don't worry, I'm calling 911 for you mija," said the passerby, who remains unknown to LaTour.
According to the Stockton Police Department's incident report, Officers Shawn Marques and David Hayden arrived on scene at 3:27 a.m.
Officer Hayden's report said LaTour was taken to a hospital where she was in critical but stable condition.
According to San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, Brownlee was charged with only three of the suspected shootings in October because prosecutors had sufficient evidence for the shootings. He is next scheduled to be in court on Jan. 3.
"LaTour's attempted murder is also pending evidence," Salazar said at a press conference held in October.
LaTour said because police failed to reach out to her for a second investigation, she feels that her life was not a priority to the police officials.
"It feels horrible, but it feels a million times worse to know that people are dead behind it too," said LaTour. "The more I think about it, the more it makes me wonder if maybe I wasn't even the second one shot."

On one hand, I will give them credit for apologizing, but then the timing and their failure was probably the reason. There is NO excuse for ignoring such a case and thing and yes, more people ended up dead--had they investigated seriously and went hard at it, that may have been avoided, more people dead, and he ending up arrested. They had to apologize when they did and hope she did not take them through the coals, they failed big time.

It isn't the same but it makes me think of LISK. I mean they are just sex workers right... No big deal... Homeless, sex workers, maybe at times people of a race, poor people, you name it...LE needs to learn they need to DO THEIR JOBS no MATTER who the VICTIMS are.

 

[Tresir]

On one hand, I will give them credit for apologizing, but then the timing and their failure was probably the reason. There is NO excuse for ignoring such a case and thing and yes, more people ended up dead--had they investigated seriously and went hard at it, that may have been avoided, more people dead, and he ending up arrested. They had to apologize when they did and hope she did not take them through the coals, they failed big time.

It isn't the same but it makes me think of LISK. I mean they are just sex workers right... No big deal... Homeless, sex workers, maybe at times people of a race, poor people, you name it...LE needs to learn they need to DO THEIR JOBS no MATTER who the VICTIMS are.

Yeah that did make me think of LISK too. I just found this article about the survivor. She believes her faith in God is what saved her. Reading her account is very interesting.

I survived a serial killer - the shooting ended up saving my life

Natasha LaTour survived being shot at least eight times in April 2021 in Stockton, California -- and suspect Wesley Brownlee is now charged with her attempted murder and seven other killings

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah that did make me think of that too. I just found this article about the survivor. It is very interesting and she believes her faith in God is what saved her. Reading her account is very interesting.

I survived a serial killer - the shooting ended up saving my life

Natasha LaTour survived being shot at least eight times in April 2021 in Stockton, California -- and suspect Wesley Brownlee is now charged with her attempted murder and seven other killings

www.dailymail.co.uk

That is gripping. I think far more of her than LE. LE never went to her in the hospital and it never made the news. Really, what the HE77 is wrong with our news, our country and some LE? Seriously. Oh I know, it isn't like white children or such getting killed right...?

DO YOUR EFFING JOB LE!! It is not about WHO the victims are for God's sake.

This woman sounds strong, and I do believe the killer likely thought her a man.

Who finally did call for help or how did she finally get help and taken to a hospital? LE never talked to her so were they even ever there...?

And she is right, had they DONE their job, quite possibly all the subsequent murders would never have occurred.

I've said it before and will again--it is the perp always who is at fault but there is a ton of blood too on LE, some CPS agencies and many others. DIRECTLY ON THEM. Why? Because they are failures and did NOT DO THEIR JOBS.

 

[Tresir]

Another DM article with details and pics of all the victims ( except Harmon) and the gun.

(Not sure why Harmon is not in here. He was killed the same day as the attempt on LaTour. He is mentioned but no pic)

'Stockton serial killer' is hit with FOUR more murder charges

Wesley Brownlee, 43, was charged with the murders of four more victims. The victims are Juan Vasquez, Mervin Harmon, Paul Yaw and Salvador Debudey Jr.

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Stockton 'serial killer' is hit with FOUR more murder charges - months after he was arrested 'while hunting for latest victim in his summertime reign of terror' where 'he gunned down at least seven people' ​

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19:13, 28 Dec 2022, updated 19:15, 28 Dec 2022By VANESSA SERNA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

• Wesley Brownlee, 43, was charged with the murders of four more victims
• Juan Vasquez, Mervin Harmon, Paul Yaw and Salvador Debudey Jr. are victims
• Brownlee was also charged with the attempted murder of Natasha LaTour
• La Tour was the only victim to escape Brownlee alive
• The serial killer was arrested in October when on the hunt for his next victim
• At the time, he was connected to several deaths but was only charged with three

The Stockton serial killer was charged with four addition murders months after he was arrested while on the hunt for his next victim.
Wesley Brownlee, 43, is accused in the killings of Juan Alexander Vasquez and Mervin Harmon in Alameda County, Paul Yaw and Salvador Debudey Jr. in San Joaquin County, and the attempted murder of Natasha LaTour.
Brownlee was already connected to all the victims but Harmon. He wasn't formally charged for their deaths until Tuesday.
The serial killer was driving when he was arrested on October 10 and only charged with the murders of Jonathan Rodriguez, 21, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz, 52, and Lawrence Lopez, 54.
'We are sure we stopped another killing,' Stanley McFadden, Stockton Police Chief, said at the time of Brownlee's arrest.

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Wesley Brownlee, 43, was charged with the murders of four more victims

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Brownlee was driving when he was arrested on October 10 and charged with three murders. He is pictured above in a San Joaquin County courthouse in October
Before his arrest, authorities were on the hunt for Brownlee since reviewing several surveillance footage that showed him attacking and shooting his victims between July to September.
Brownlee used a ghost gun that was recovered at his arrest at the time of the killings, prosecutors said.
He was arrested at around 2am in October by police after investigators received several tips about the person behind the attacks.
Officers watched him drive to parks and dark places, stopping and looking around before driving on – with police saying he was 'hunting' for new victims.

Police stopped him in a car in the Central Valley city, where five of the six shootings took place.

Authorities described Brownlee's killing spree as a 'reign of terror.'
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The pistol Brownlee was carrying when he was arrested Saturday. Police say Brownlee was out hunting for a new victim when he was apprehended early Saturday.

Brownlee, who has a criminal history, allegedly killed Juan Miguel Vasquez Serrano, 39, on April 21, 2021, in East Oakland just days after attacking LaTour. Serrano was also homeless at the time of his murder. He left behind three daughters between the ages of 10 to 17.
Serrano was shot nearby the neighborhood where Brownlee grew up in Oakland., according to the East Bay Times. In the same area, the suspect's brother and a friend were killed in drug-related homicides in 1995.
After shooting LaTour and Serrano the attacks stopped for several months before Paul Yaw was killed on July 8.
Yaw, 35, was shot in Holiday Park in Stockton on July 8 at around 12.30am, with his mother paying tribute to him as 'a sweet boy who grew into a man with a big heart.'
Brownlee then shot four people dead within a two-month period before officers arrested him on Saturday.

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Paul Alexander Yaw, 35, was killed on July 8th in a park close to his home, with his family paying tribute to him as a 'wonderful father'. Brownlee was charged with his murder on Tuesday

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Juan Miguel Vazquez, 39, was killed in East Oakland and was homeless at the time of his murder on April 21. Brownlee was charged with his murder on Tuesday

Natasha LaTour, 46, was homeless at the time she was shot by the alleged serial killer in Stockton. She survived despite being shot close to a dozen times. Brownlee was charged with her attempted murder on Tuesday

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Lorenzo Lopez Sr, 54, was the killer's final known victim. He was killed on September 27

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Salvador William Dubedy Jr, 43, was killed on August 11, 2022

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Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, was found shot and killed inside his vehicle at the apartment complex where he lived on August 30.
Salvador Debudey Jr, 43, died on August 11 after police tried to resuscitate him. He was shot in a parking lot located at the 4900 block of West Lane.

Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, died on August 30 and was found dead inside a car outside of his apartment complex and Juan Cruz, 52, died on September 21. Hernandez was one of Brownlee's youngest victims.

Brownlee's most recent alleged kill was of Lawrence Lopez Sr, who died on September 27, and was described as being 'in the wrong place at the wrong time' by his brother. Lawrence was shot on a sidewalk located at the 900 block of Porter Avenue.


Most of the people Brownlee killed were homeless and either white or Latino.

Police say the killings were not gang or drug-related, and they have not revealed a motive but say they believe the killer was 'mission-oriented.'

The victims of California's 'serial killer' - who has terrorized the city for nearly two years​

April 10, 2021: Juan Miguel Vasquez Serrano, 39, was killed in East Oakland. He was homeless at the time of his murder

April 16, 2021: Natasha LaTour, 46, was shot in Stockton but survived. She was shot nearly a dozen times at 3.20am outside a tent she was living in at the time

July 8, 2022: Paul Yaw, 35, was killed in Stockton. He was one of only two non-Hispanic victims of the killer

August 11, 2022: Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, was killed in Stockton. Debudey was a Stockton native and father who died at the scene after police attempted to resuscitate him

August 30, 2022: Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, was killed in Stockton. He was found dead inside a car on East Hammer Lane. It was unclear if he had been sleeping in the vehicle at the time of his murder

September 21, 2022: Juan Cruz, 52, was killed in Stockton

September 27, 2022: Lorenzo Lopez Sr., 54, was killed in Stockton. He was gunned down shortly before 2am in a residential area in downtown Stockton

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Stockton serial killings case continues to stall as defendant refuses to speak to doctor

A prosecutor in the Stockton serial killings case requested that the court ask defendant Wesley Brownlee to cooperate with a competency examination.

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Stockton serial killings case continues to stall as defendant refuses to speak to doctor​

A prosecutor in the Stockton serial killings case requested that the court ask defendant Wesley Brownlee to cooperate with a competency examination in court this week.

At Monday's hearing in the San Joaquin County Superior Court, Judge Xapuri Villapudua was scheduled to review a doctor's report to determine whether Brownlee is mentally competent to stand trial. However, a ruling on Brownlee's competency to stand trial was not made.


For the last several months, LaTour, along with Brownlee's loved ones and families of the victims, have sat through hearings with the hopes of learning the ruling on the defendant's competency. They have left court without an answer each time.

In November 2024, the court had difficulties reaching Dr. Silvia Torres, whom the court appointed to examine Brownlee. Two months later, Villapudua said Brownlee and Torres had met, but the defendant refused to speak to the doctor during the examination.

On Monday, Deputy District Attorney Elton Grau, who is prosecuting the case, asked the court to tell Brownlee to cooperate with the doctor's examination.

"What I'm asking the court to do is to ask Mr. Brownlee to cooperate with the doctor's examination. That's all I'm asking," Grau told Villapudua. "There's case law there which allows a little bit of latitude for the court to explain that ... and if the court does not feel comfortable in doing that, then so be it."

John Philipsborn, one of Brownlee's attorneys, told Villapudua that the court had previously ordered Brownlee to participate in the doctor's examination. He said his client did attend the doctor's last examination.


"I believe the complaint from the examiner was that there was no verbal interaction," Philipsborn said.

Grau asked Villapudua if the court could order Torres to try to examine Brownlee again. The judge agreed to.

After that matter was discussed, Brownlee's other attorney, Allison Nobert, told Villapudua that neither the defense nor the prosecution had received an audio recording of Torres' interview with Brownlee.

"We'll put on the minute order that Dr. Torres is to provide both counsel with the recording of her interview with Mr. Brownlee," Villapudua said, adding that she hoped it would be available by the next court date.

Brownlee will continue to be held at the San Joaquin County Jail without bail.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 9 a.m. on June 9 in Department 9B of the San Joaquin County Superior Court. The judge is expected to receive the doctor's report then.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I skimmed the thread a bit to refresh and actually said he'd play this game, well I think, I didn't read every post word for word, but seems to be a common tactic these days--I mean their atty will ask for it, then they refuse to cooperate and so on. Not going to go reread as already skimmed but regardless, it is a tactic used.

 

[Tresir]

I skimmed the thread a bit to refresh and actually said he'd play this game, well I think, I didn't read every post word for word, but seems to be a common tactic these days--I mean their atty will ask for it, then they refuse to cooperate and so on. Not going to go reread as already skimmed but regardless, it is a tactic used.

He was mentally competent enough to have or make a 3D gun and to determine the people he shot weren't black. This was clearly a racist attacker. And now he isn't talking. He's not stupid.

 

[GrandmaBear]

He was mentally competent enough to have or make a 3D gun and to determine the people he shot weren't black. This was clearly a racist attacker. And now he isn't talking. He's not stupid.

Oh yeah, I'd agree on that.

Also trying to say I think it is a D tactic as well at times. Not sure, but certainly see it enough these days...

 

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Still waiting for justice: Lone survivor refuses to let Stockton serial shootings fade away​

It’s been three years since the arrest of Wesley Brownlee, 46, the man accused in the so-called “Stockton Serial Killings” that put the city in the national spotlight. Seven people were killed, and one woman survived.

That woman is Natasha LaTour, and she says she is speaking out again for one reason – to make sure no one forgets the victims or the case that left her city shaken.


She didn’t know it then, but her case would help police connect her shooting to a series of killings.

Her survival became a crucial piece of the investigation into Brownlee — the man accused of killing 7 people across Stockton and in Alameda County between 2021 and 2022.

Brownlee was arrested on October 15, 2022, but three years later, his case still hasn’t gone to trial. San Joaquin County Court records show repeated delays, mostly tied to Brownlee’s refusal to cooperate with doctors to determine if he’s mentally competent to stand trial.

“I fought an entire nine-month battle. I went through 11 rounds of chemotherapy, came back into the court…the case had not moved,” said LaTour. “It’s extremely frustrating. There’s been deaths and the families of the victims, you know, they were waiting for justice. And it’s extremely frustrating.”

Nastasha continues to wait for justice, but says she understands the process and expresses gratitude to the prosecutor who handled the case.

Today, LaTour’s life looks very different. She is no longer homeless, has overcome substance addiction, and is in remission after a long battle with cancer. She now works full-time in Downtown Stockton, greeting people with a smile as they arrive for community events.


As LaTour continues to heal, she carries the memory of the seven victims who did not survive: Juan Vasquez Serrano, Juan Cruz, Salvador Debudey Jr., Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, Mervin Harmon, Lawrence Lopez Sr., and Paul Yaw.

Natasha honors the victims with a tattoo on her arm. She describes the “Tree of Life” and has placed a different-colored leaf on the branches representing each of the victims.

“I didn’t ever want to be known as a voice for the victims,” said LaTour. “But I know that in the courtroom, that’s exactly what I am.”

According to the court website, the case against Brownlee is scheduled for further arraignment on Oct. 27 at the San Joaquin County Courthouse.