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Metro
09-05-2025
- Metro
Mystery as missing couple's skeletons found nearly a year later by hiker
The skeletal remains of a couple were stumbled upon by a hiker nearly a year after they mysteriously vanished. José Luis Perez, 64, and his wife Stephanie Elizabeth Perez, 65, were reported missing in July, after losing contact with their family and friends, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office in California. On Sunday, a hiker around Sunrise Trial and Autumn Trail in Thousand Oaks called the sheriff's office after discovering 'what appeared to be skeletonized human remains', stated the agency on Facebook. The county medical examiner's office confirmed that the remains belonged to two humans, one male and one female. They were identified as the Perezes, and both died of gunshot wounds to the head, the medical examiner determined. Stephanie's manner of death was homicide – and her husband appeared to have killed himself. The sheriff's office believes it was an 'isolated incident'. Questions are swirling about the couple's disappearance and deaths. Police officers first did a welfare check when Stephanie's employer requested it on July 24 because she did not log on remotely for work, reported the Simi Valley Acorn. They were not found. Two days later, Stephanie's childhood friend pleaded for a second check, and officers with the Simi Valley Police Department again could not find the couple. Their phones, IDs, passports, money and vehicle were left at home. Search efforts for them with drones deployed were unsuccessful. More Trending Officers are not sure if the couple got to the hiking trail area using a rideshare service or went by food. Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact the sheriff's office. Thousand Oaks is about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The couple's remains were found more than eight months after a frozen corpse discovered in a cave along the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania about 50 years ago was identified as a man of British origin. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Former Supreme Court justice who cast key vote upholding abortion rights dies MORE: Nursery worker 'filmed pinching, punching and grabbing 23 babies' MORE: Man arrested for murder after 87-year-old dies in suspected robbery
Express Tribune
04-05-2025
- General
- Express Tribune
Small plane crashes in California, leaving two dead
Firefighters stand on top of a house with holes in the roof — Photo by Ventura County Fire Department, posted on X. PHOTO: AFP A small plane has crashed into a backyard of a residential neighbourhood in southern California, in the United States, killing two people onboard and damaging homes, local authorities said. The Ventura County Fire Department said firefighters received reports on Saturday afternoon of a single-engine aircraft that had crashed into two houses in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. Police and the medical examiner's office 'verified there were two passengers in the aircraft, both of whom were fatally injured in the accident,' the county fire department wrote on X. The two homes were occupied at the time of the crash but no injuries to residents were reported, the fire department said. Photo and video images posted by the department showed firefighters on top of a house with holes in the roof, a fence and brick wall between residences knocked down, and the tops of trees sheared off. The Simi Valley Police Department said officers had located the plane 'in the backyard of a residence.' Police told CBS News that the pilot, a passenger and a dog were aboard when the plane crashed at around 2pm (2am PKT). The Federal Aviation Administration said, according to CBS, that the plane was a Van's RV-10, which had taken off from William J. Fox Airfield in Los Angeles County and was heading to Camarillo Airport in neighboring Ventura County. In January, a Van's RV-10, a small plane with four seats, crashed into a commercial building near Fullerton Municipal Airport southeast of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 18 others.
NDTV
04-05-2025
- General
- NDTV
2 Dead After Plane Crashes Into Neighborhood In US' California
Washington: A small plane has crashed into a backyard of a residential neighborhood in southern California, killing two people onboard and damaging homes, local authorities said. The Ventura County Fire Department said firefighters received reports Saturday afternoon of a single-engine aircraft that had crashed into two houses in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. Police and the medical examiner's office "verified there were two passengers in the aircraft, both of whom were fatally injured in the accident," the county fire department wrote on X. The two homes were occupied at the time of the crash but no injuries to residents were reported, the fire department said. Photo and video images posted by the department showed firefighters on top of a house with holes in the roof, a fence and brick wall between residences knocked down, and the tops of trees sheared off. The Simi Valley Police Department said officers had located the plane "in the backyard of a residence." Police told CBS News that the pilot, a passenger and a dog were aboard when the plane crashed at around 2:00 pm. The Federal Aviation Administration said, according to CBS, that the plane was a Van's RV-10, which had taken off from William J. Fox Airfield in Los Angeles County and was heading to Camarillo Airport in neighboring Ventura County. In January, a Van's RV-10, a small plane with four seats, crashed into a commercial building near Fullerton Municipal Airport southeast of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 18 others.
New Straits Times
04-05-2025
- General
- New Straits Times
Two dead as small plane crashes into California neighborhood
LOS ANGELES: A small plane has crashed into a backyard of a residential neighborhood in southern California, killing two people onboard and damaging homes, local authorities said. The Ventura County Fire Department said firefighters received reports Saturday afternoon of a single-engine aircraft that had crashed into two houses in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. Police and the medical examiner's office "verified there were two passengers in the aircraft, both of whom were fatally injured in the accident," the county fire department wrote on X. The two homes were occupied at the time of the crash but no injuries to residents were reported, the fire department said. Photo and video images posted by the department showed firefighters on top of a house with holes in the roof, a fence and brick wall between residences knocked down, and the tops of trees sheared off. The Simi Valley Police Department said officers had located the plane "in the backyard of a residence." Police told CBS News that the pilot, a passenger and a dog were aboard when the plane crashed at around 2:00 pm. The Federal Aviation Administration said, according to CBS, that the plane was a Van's RV-10, which had taken off from William J. Fox Airfield in Los Angeles County and was heading to Camarillo Airport in neighboring Ventura County. In January, a Van's RV-10, a small plane with four seats, crashed into a commercial building near Fullerton Municipal Airport southeast of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 18 others. - AFP
Hindustan Times
04-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Two dead as small plane crashes into southern California neighborhood
A small plane has crashed into a backyard of a residential neighborhood in southern California, killing two people onboard and damaging homes, local authorities said. The Ventura County Fire Department said firefighters received reports Saturday afternoon of a single-engine aircraft that had crashed into two houses in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. Police and the medical examiner's office "verified there were two passengers in the aircraft, both of whom were fatally injured in the accident," the county fire department wrote on X. The two homes were occupied at the time of the crash but no injuries to residents were reported, the fire department said. Photo and video images posted by the department showed firefighters on top of a house with holes in the roof, a fence and brick wall between residences knocked down, and the tops of trees sheared off. The Simi Valley Police Department said officers had located the plane "in the backyard of a residence." Police told CBS News that the pilot, a passenger and a dog were aboard when the plane crashed at around 2:00 pm. The Federal Aviation Administration said, according to CBS, that the plane was a Van's RV-10, which had taken off from William J. Fox Airfield in Los Angeles County and was heading to Camarillo Airport in neighboring Ventura County. In January, a Van's RV-10, a small plane with four seats, crashed into a commercial building near Fullerton Municipal Airport southeast of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 18 others.
