2020-04-01 · 2100 West Myrtle Street, north alley
A woman died after a shooting. April 2 report withheld her identity.
Read sourceExplore 53 documented Santa Ana victim records, including 49 dated within October 15, 1996–October 15, 2026. Search names, years and locations, then inspect the supporting sources.
The expanded archive includes the 2004 deaths of Tuyet Le and Jennifer Cu, and the separate shopping-center shooting that killed Olga Sarabia and Jose Huerta. Later records include Sam Chea, Jorge Diaz, Mario Hernandez Jr., Paul Guzman and Carrie Beckett.
Steven Christian Lucero and Jillian Alise Jones were killed in June 2022. The later June 2026 report describes voluntary manslaughter pleas and a 14-year sentence rather than murder convictions. Roberto Rubio’s record concerns a DUI-related murder conviction; he was a passenger, despite an inaccurate headline calling him a pedestrian.
Aaron William Parks and Maria Del Refugio Mora died days after their attacks. Their records use the attack date and explain the later death. Eduardo Rigoberto Bustamante’s charging report distinguishes an October 21 killing from October 22 discovery at Delhi Park.
Recent entries include Adrian Torres, Yatin Ramaraju, John Albert Guillen, Eusebio Villareal and Marlon Jaime Castillo. Shared incidents count each victim but exclude surviving people. Santa Ana courthouse announcements about crimes elsewhere are not assigned to this city merely because of their dateline.
John Albert Guillen record · Marlon Jaime Castillo record · Eusebio Villareal record · Christopher Abrego record · Adrian Torres record
The requested window is October 15, 1996 through October 15, 2026. Every year remains unreconciled with a complete police case register. The counts below describe this directory only. A zero means no named record has been added, not that nobody was killed.
| Year | Records here | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 3 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2025 | 5 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2024 | 6 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2023 | 3 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2022 | 7 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2021 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2020 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2019 | 3 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2018 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2017 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2016 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2015 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2014 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2013 | 3 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2012 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2011 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2010 | 2 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2009 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2008 | 2 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2007 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2006 | 2 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2005 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2004 | 4 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 2003 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2002 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2001 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 2000 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 1999 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 1998 | 1 | Partial; not reconciled with police register |
| 1997 | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
| 1996 (partial year) | 0 | No named records yet; not zero homicides |
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These reports establish a death but do not name the victim in the reviewed source. They are not included in the named-directory totals. They still need identity matching and duplicate checks; do not add them to the named counts as a complete city total.
A woman died after a shooting. April 2 report withheld her identity.
Read sourceAn adult man was fatally stabbed; November 2023 report documents Kevin Ivan Herrera’s murder conviction but omits the victim’s name.
Read sourceAn adult man died after a shooting. November 2023 report documents Efrain Contreras’s return from Mexico but omits the victim’s name.
Read sourceSanta Ana’s 2007 police annual report lists 21 homicides in 2006 and 29 in 2007 on printed page 13. These published totals demonstrate missing coverage here. They are not directly interchangeable with directory counts, which can include different date bases and DUI-related murder prosecutions.
Santa Ana Police Department 2007 Annual Report, printed page 13
Search by victim, year, street or incident type. Discovery dates are labeled. Written locations are supported by reporting; exact map coordinates have not been verified.
May 8, 2026 report: Daniel Izaih Torres and Alicia Rebecca Marin arrested on May 5. Arrests do not establish guilt. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗April 20, 2026: Police homicide investigation and witness appeal reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗April 20, 2026: Police homicide investigation and witness appeal reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗December 2025: Diego Sartori reported arrested on suspicion of murder. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗December 5, 2025 report: Police arrested five suspects on December 3. Arrests do not establish guilt. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗March 21, 2025: Saritha Ramaraju charged with murder. Charges are allegations. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
MyNewsLA source ↗January 2025: Justin Anthony Carlin reported arrested on suspicion of murder. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
FOX 11 source ↗April 8, 2026: A renewed police witness appeal was reported; no resolution was established.
New Santa Ana source ↗May 15, 2026: Luis Fernando Buenrostro charged with murder. Charges are allegations. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
MyNewsLA source ↗July 29, 2024: Homicide investigation and witness appeal reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗June 4, 2024: Homicide investigation reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗May 7, 2024: Police reported that the suspect died on May 5 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
New Santa Ana source ↗May 7, 2024: Police reported that the suspect died on May 5 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
New Santa Ana source ↗January 5, 2024: Reporting said an arrested suspect would face a murder charge with prosecutor concurrence. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗September 28, 2023: Police homicide investigation reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗August 18, 2023: Manuel Chairez formally charged with murder, according to the report. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗December 4, 2023: Reporting documents Ricky Raymond Rocha’s arrest and murder charge. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗September 23, 2026 report: Brooke Victoria De La Cruz pleaded guilty to misdemeanor accessory after the fact; Mark Remmers still faced murder charges. Charges are allegations.
New Santa Ana source ↗August 26, 2022: Ignacio Vazquez Morales booked for murder. Arrest is not conviction. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗May 19, 2023: Edgar Macias Martinez sentenced to life without parole plus 29 years to life.
City News Service / Hey SoCal source ↗September 26, 2022: Robert Rodriguez Jr. charged with murder. Charges are allegations. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗June 5, 2026: Jason Blanchard sentenced to 14 years after two voluntary manslaughter pleas; murder charges were dismissed.
MyNewsLA source ↗June 5, 2026: Jason Blanchard sentenced to 14 years after two voluntary manslaughter pleas; murder charges were dismissed.
MyNewsLA source ↗January 29, 2022: Homicide investigation and witness appeal reported. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
New Santa Ana source ↗February 8, 2021: Three suspects reported arrested on suspicion of murder. Arrests are not convictions. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
MyNewsLA source ↗February 2023: Police described an open cold case. April 2026 reporting documented renewed reward efforts.
ABC7 source ↗ Los Angeles Times source ↗August 8, 2019: Police reported Zachary Castaneda’s arrest the previous day. A later court disposition was not verified.
Garden Grove Police Department source ↗August 8, 2019: Police reported Zachary Castaneda’s arrest the previous day. A later court disposition was not verified.
Garden Grove Police Department source ↗October 19, 2023: Carlos Gonzalez convicted of first-degree murder. Later sentencing not verified.
New Santa Ana source ↗September 20, 2017: Mark Lewis Amacher Jr. charged with murder. Charges are allegations. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗April 14, 2017: Adan Rodriguez Leon sentenced to 50 years to life.
New Santa Ana source ↗March 24, 2017: Herbert Granados Calderon sentenced to 15 years to life after a murder plea.
New Santa Ana source ↗January 8, 2016: Marilyn Kay Edge sentenced to life without parole following guilty pleas to both murders.
New Santa Ana source ↗January 8, 2016: Marilyn Kay Edge sentenced to life without parole following guilty pleas to both murders.
New Santa Ana source ↗March 14, 2017: Rene Mojarra convicted of murder. The cited report precedes sentencing.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗December 7, 2012: Ivan Sanchez sentenced to 50 years to life; the release also documents two co-defendants’ outcomes.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗October 5, 2012: Jose Antonio Garcia sentenced to 40 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗February 15, 2013: Salazar sentenced to 16 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗April 15, 2011: Victor John Disalvo sentenced to 50 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗December 9, 2011: Ramon Diaz sentenced to 50 years to life, as reported at that time.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗October 6, 2017: Jose Esteban Cardenas Zuniga sentenced to 25 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗2007: Antonio Barboza convicted of murder; this source predates sentencing.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗June 17, 2011: Mauro Ramirez sentenced to life without parole plus additional life terms; a co-defendant had pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗May 21, 2010: Serna sentenced to 50 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗February 11, 2008: Peter Nong Le convicted of both murders; a sanity phase followed. Final disposition not verified.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗February 11, 2008: Peter Nong Le convicted of both murders; a sanity phase followed. Final disposition not verified.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗September 21, 2006: Roberto Sarabia convicted of two first-degree murders. Later sentencing not established in this source.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗September 21, 2006: Roberto Sarabia convicted of two first-degree murders. Later sentencing not established in this source.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗October 9, 2021: ABC7 reported a renewed police appeal. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
ABC7 source ↗May 2022: Jade Benning arrested in Texas in connection with the killing. Charges remain allegations; no later disposition was verified.
ABC7 source ↗ FOX 11 source ↗January 29, 2010: Rosales sentenced to 29 years to life.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗April 16, 2008: Michael John Illiano charged with murder. A later court disposition was not established in the reviewed sources.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗June 2017: Extradition and murder charge reported. A later court disposition was not verified.
Orange County District Attorney source ↗Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Santa Ana homicide totals.
Statuses are dated snapshots of police, court or news reports. Arrests and charges do not establish guilt. A conviction may later change on appeal; a historic sentence is not a present-custody claim. The directory includes homicide cases with reported manslaughter outcomes and separately labels DUI-related murder cases.
Records are checked against official material and established reporting. Dates of discovery are distinguished from dates of attack. A source’s reported arrest or verdict is dated; no later outcome is assumed. Precise coordinates are left unset when the location is uncertain.
No. These 53 victim records are a research collection across multiple decades, not all homicides in Santa Ana. The absence of a record does not mean a death did not occur.
Coordinates have not been verified. Written locations and source links remain available for every record.
No. The incident location controls inclusion. A Santa Ana court hearing or press-release dateline is not evidence that the killing occurred in Santa Ana.