Christian Anthony Jewett was 22 years old when he died on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Santa Monica. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 4th Street and Broadway. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Santa Monica Police Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report recorded his death in a single entry drawn from coroner's records. It described him as "a 22-year-old white male" who "died Monday, June 21, after being stabbed near 4th Street & Broadway in Santa Monica." No follow-up story appears to have been written, and no police statement about the case could be found in the material gathered for this story.
Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Christian Anthony Jewett 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.
He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he was, but none of that has entered the public record. The name Christian Jewett is shared by several other people in the United States, including men in New York and Maine who appear in unrelated news stories and family obituaries, and none of them can be connected to this death.
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.
Santa Monica is a beach city of about 90,000 people on the western edge of Los Angeles County, known around the world for its pier, its wide beach and its busy shopping streets. The intersection of 4th Street and Broadway sits in the city's downtown, a short walk from the Third Street Promenade, a pedestrian shopping and dining district that draws residents and tourists at nearly all hours. In June 2021 the area was coming back to life after more than a year of pandemic restrictions, as California lifted most of its remaining COVID-19 rules in the middle of that month. A stabbing in such a central and busy spot may have been seen or heard by people who never came forward.
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 Christian Anthony Jewett could be found in news archives or public records. More than four years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew a 22-year-old man named Christian Jewett, or who was in downtown Santa Monica near 4th Street and Broadway around June 21, 2021, may hold information that could help. 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 Santa Monica Police Department, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
