PALMDALE – Authorities have identified the man who was found dead Sunday morning inside a vehicle at a Park & Ride lot in Palmdale.
He was 37-year-old Markquis Hayes, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
Sheriff’s officials have released little information on the incident, which they labeled a “shooting death investigation.” An LASD news release issued Sunday night stated:
Deputies from Palmdale Sheriff’s Station responded to the rideshare parking lot located in the 200 block of East Avenue S regarding a call of an unconscious man inside a parked car at the location. Upon arriving they discovered the victim unresponsive inside a car parked in the lot. The victim sustained traumatic injuries to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene… There is no suspect or suspect vehicle description at this time. The exact injuries and cause of death will be determined by the Office of Medical Examiner Coroner.”
An examination to determine Hayes’ cause of death is still pending, according to the coroner’s office.
No further information on the incident was immediately available. Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
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ACE says
MY OWN INVESTIGATION AT THE TIME, INCLUDED SEARCHING THE LOT WITH A METAL DETECTOR FOR THE GUN WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN BURIED NEARBY, , WITH LASD PERMISSION…
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CONSIDERING THE ELEVATED VIEW THE GUARD HAD OF THE ENTIRE LOT…
INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS BY THE GUARD…
MAKES ME STILL BELIEVE JENNINGS DID IT…
SHE WAS SCANTILY DRESSED AND HE CAUGHT HER CHANGING TO GO HOME TO HER FOLKS…
NOT LOOKING LIKE A TRAMPY KID ROCK DANCER…
MAYBE HE THOUGHT SHE WAS A HOOKER…
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ONLY HE COULD HAVE DONE IT…
OR HE WOULD HAVE EASILY SEEN WHO DID…
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THE COPS FAILED TO TEST HIS HANDS FOR RESIDUE OR SEARCH HIS LOCKED TRUNK HE TOLD THEM HE DIDNT HAVE THEY KEYS TO…
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I THINK I RECALL THE COPS SAYING THEY DIDN’T SEARCH THE TANKS OF THE NEARBY PORTA-POTTIES…
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A HANDGUN WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND ON THE 114 CENTER DIVIDERS LATER…
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AS I RE-CALL THE AV HAD NO ASSIGNED HOMICIDE DICKS AND HAD TO PROCEED WITHOUT THEM…
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I PREDICT GREATER THINGS IN THE FUTURE FOR JENNINGS…
WE’LL ALL HEAR ABOUT HIM AGAIN IS MY GUESS…
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Dauntless says
At one time, there was an armed security guard in that lot. He turned out being the murderer of a young woman, in that very lot!!
Yup says
Actually, Raymond Jennings was exonerated couple years ago. He was railroaded by rex.
Stinger says
That’s because Parris is a poor attorney who couldn’t litigate his way out of a wet paper bag. I hope Jennings successfully sued the crap out of that liar.
Bob says
22 years ago, Michelle O’Keefe got into her blue Mustang in a Metrolink parking lot in Palmdale after spending the day working as an extra on a Kid Rock video in Los Angeles.
Stinger says
And, thanks to the interference of R. Rex Parris, the real killer has gotten away with it all these years!
Tim Scott says
Well, in fairness by the time Wrecks railroaded Jennings the cops had spun wheels and gone nowhere more than long enough to guess they were never gonna catch the actual killer anyway.
GS says
It is really time to put up cameras in that lot this is the at least 3rd person in a car found dead in that lot. How many people found dead in a place does it take to put up cameras or a security officer at the location?
Cranky but wise says
Well, even if you put security there you are then asking them to risk their lives so how much are you willing to pay the city to do that?
Drug deals gone bad, gang activity etc…are all issues here. The issue is PEOPLE not the city or the state or the feds…but PEOPLE. When people stop doing this crap then and only then will it stop. People dont want police anymore or security and this is the result of that. People now do what they want.
DonkeyThick says
Cranky but highly -opinionated and unwise is more like it.