Steven Mon Eng was 65 years old when he died on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Claremont, in the eastern part of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 200 W. Arrow Highway. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Pomona Police Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him only as "a 65-year-old Asian male" who "died Thursday, June 6, after being stabbed in Claremont." The record lists the Pomona Police Department as the investigating agency even though the address is given as Claremont, which suggests the stabbing may have happened within Pomona's jurisdiction, close to the line between the two cities. The record does not explain the difference. No news story about the stabbing could be found.
Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Steven Mon Eng 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.
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.
Steven Eng is a name shared by a number of men across the country. Searches turn up obituaries in Illinois and New York, a business writer and a family that lost its home to a fire, none of whom can be connected to this death. His middle name, Mon, appears in none of those results.
Claremont is a small city at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, best known as the home of the Claremont Colleges, a cluster of private colleges that gives the town much of its character. It calls itself the City of Trees, and its older neighborhoods are known for shaded streets and a walkable village downtown. Pomona, a much larger city, borders it to the south and east. Arrow Highway is a long east-west road that crosses several cities in the area, lined in places with businesses, apartment complexes and homes. A stabbing there may have been noticed by drivers, neighbors or people working nearby.
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 Steven Mon Eng could be found in news archives or public records. More than six years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was near Arrow Highway in Claremont or Pomona in early June 2019, or who knew a 65-year-old man named Steven Eng, 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 Pomona Police Department, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
