FBI Investigating Suspicious Death Case Of 11-Year-Old Roman Lopez
It's been more than five weeks since 11-year-old Roman Lopez was found dead in Placerville.
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It's been more than five weeks since 11-year-old Roman Lopez was found dead in Placerville.
It started as a bulletin plastered throughout the community calling for help: "Find Roman Lopez."
A high-speed chase spanning two counties comes to a crashing end in Placerville early Tuesday morning.
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An elderly woman is dead and two others are with major injuries after a head-on crash near Placerville on Thursday, the California Highway Patrol said.
Almost 6,000 people from around the country have joined Facebook groups dedicated to finding answers about Roman Lopez's death.
Eleven days after a missing boy was found dead in Placerville, his mother and the community still want to know what happened.
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The Placerville city council held a moment of silence for 11-year-old Roman Lopez Tuesday night.
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An autopsy on the body of a missing 11-year-old boy found dead in Placerville this weekend is scheduled for Tuesday.
Few details have come out in the suspicious death investigation of 11-year-old Roman Lopez in Placerville.
An 11-year-old boy that went missing Saturday morning in Placerville has been found dead, police said.
Police said the missing boy, Roman Anthony Lopez, was found on Sunday morning.
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The body of a missing Stockton mother, Lupita Ontiveros, was recovered from a canal after a dune buggy crash at the end of January, her family tells CBS Sacramento.
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A person police described as a repeat offender was arrested after a pursuit around Yolo County ended at the Target in West Sacramento Sunday afternoon.
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A person police described as a repeat offender was arrested after a pursuit around Yolo County ended at the Target in West Sacramento Sunday afternoon.
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Charlie Lapastora reports.
The body of a missing Stockton mother, Lupita Ontiveros, was recovered from a canal after a dune buggy crash at the end of January, her family tells CBS Sacramento.