Nearly 20 years after a sequence of slayings in Lengthy Seashore, authorities say they’ve recognized a suspect: A person already serving a number of life sentences for homicide and tried homicide.
The suspect, Glenn Cox, 39, is incarcerated at Avenal State Jail within the San Joaquin Valley, the Lengthy Seashore Police Division stated in an announcement.
He was booked on three extra counts of homicide and tried homicide, in addition to two lesser offenses associated to alleged weapons possession, the assertion stated.
Authorities say Cox confessed his involvement within the murders to workers at Avenal in December 2023, prompting Lengthy Seashore police to analyze. The division claimed to have discovered corroborating proof, however didn’t elaborate.
Cox was allegedly the gunman in a December 2004 capturing that left two useless and hospitalized two others, in keeping with authorities, in addition to a capturing in February 2007 that killed one. Authorities say Cox additionally confessed to being concerned in an August 2007 capturing that wounded one man, the police assertion stated.
Lengthy Seashore police stated the shootings are considered gang-related. Officers from the division have offered the instances to the Los Angeles County district legal professional’s workplace for submitting consideration.
