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Elmer Rodas Garcia

Case from Lawndale, CA dated May 27, 2025

Victim Details

Elmer Rodas Garcia

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Lawndale

CA

2025-05-27

51

Elmer

Rodas Garcia

07/09/2026

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Elmer Rodas Garcia, 51, a Hispanic/Latino male, was found before dawn on May 27, 2025, on an embankment off the southbound San Diego Freeway at Manhattan Beach Boulevard in Lawndale. California Highway Patrol officers were notified at about 3:38 a.m., and the location—along the freeway near a cluster of tents—was quickly cordoned as investigators worked under the freeway roar and the first wash of morning light. His body lay just beyond the guardrail, a quiet, windswept strip of brush that h ...
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  • 2UrbanGirls: Authorities ID man found on South Bay freeway embankment
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