Fugitive Jesus Catalan Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Hollywood Transgender Woman Paulina Ibarra
By Dennis Romero, Fri., Jul. 9 2010 @ 7:10AM
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/crime/transgender-murder-arrest/ (http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/crime/transgender-murder-arrest/)
Los Angeles police were saving the announcement for a Friday afternoon press conference, but it looks like Fox's America's Most Wanted got the scoop: A fugitive featured on the show, Jesus Catalan, was nabbed at the border in connection with the Hollywood homicide of transgender female Paulina Ibarra.
AMW reports that 24-year-old Catalan was arrested by Mexican authorities who then deported him by dropping him off at the border for being in that country illegally; U.S. authorities in San Diego grabbed him, fingerprinted him and soon realized he was wanted in the Ibarra case.
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Suspected killer of Hollywood transgender in custody
July 9, 2010 | KPCC Wire Services | KPCC
http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/07/09/suspected-killer-hollywood-transgender-custody/ (http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/07/09/suspected-killer-hollywood-transgender-custody/)
HOLLYWOOD — A 25-year-old man who was profiled on "America's Most Wanted" was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a transgender person in east Hollywood, police announced.
Paulina Ibarra, 27, was found fatally stabbed on the floor of her apartment at 939 N. Mariposa Ave. about 8 p.m. Aug. 28, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The murder was investigated as a hate crime, LAPD Officer Sara Faden said earlier, although authorities have given no motive for the slaying.
Finally AMW has done something good for the GLBT community.