GUILTY CA - Carrie Melvin, 30, ambushed & killed, Hollywood, 5 July 2015

[mayqueen]

So, LAPD arrested someone on Friday, and they are saying that the motive was a financial dispute. Not what I was expecting! No other details at this point.

http://ktla.com/2015/07/24/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-hollywood-woman-carrie-jean-melvin/

 

[BrownRice]

This is an odd turn of events. It's not like she is some big wig movie executive, wonder what type of financial dealings someone at her age/occupation level could have (unless drug related which doesn't seem applicable with the details provided thus far).

 

[bessie]

I missed this thread earlier. My son is here in New Orleans for the weekend, and he just told me this happened a couple of blocks from his apartment in Hollywood. What a damn shame!

 

[LadyL]

I'm gonna guess it could be related to his shoe line.

This is an odd turn of events. It's not like she is some big wig movie executive, wonder what type of financial dealings someone at her age/occupation level could have (unless drug related which doesn't seem applicable with the details provided thus far).

 

[LadyL]

here's an older FB page for him, where he was all about promoting the safety of your neighbourhood through his neighbourhood watch company

https://www.facebook.com/NeighborhoodProtectors

 

[LadyL]

and here's an even older FB page with only two friends on it:

https://www.facebook.com/HoodProtectors

note that in this one his middle initial is 'C' but in the newest page posted by KEVINinTO at post #20, his initial is 'G'

 

[mayqueen]

A new detail (looks like LadyL was right):

"Obioha had hired Melvin to produce online promotions for a security or clothing business. Melvin then threatened to sue Obioha after a check he wrote her for a few hundred dollars bounced or was canceled."

Source: http://calcoastnews.com/2015/07/financial-dispute-suspected-in-murder-of-morro-bay-woman/

 

[BrownRice]

A new detail (looks like LadyL was right):

"Obioha had hired Melvin to produce online promotions for a security or clothing business. Melvin then threatened to sue Obioha after a check he wrote her for a few hundred dollars bounced or was canceled."

Source: http://calcoastnews.com/2015/07/financial-dispute-suspected-in-murder-of-morro-bay-woman/

Crazy.......He killed someone and ruined his entire life for a couple hundred bucks.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Such a sad ending to a smart, beautiful young woman's life. :rose:

 

[JerseyGirl]

The trial is going on now: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-hollywood-murder-trial-20161130-story.html

 

[RWright]

Greetings WebSleuths!
The Trial in Carrie Jean's murder is over now,
the dude arrested + charged was found guilty.

I usually post in the alleged kayak murder case regarding Vincent Viafore's death, but I wanted to chime in on this case here, because I was called by The Prosecution to testify in the Trial involving Carrie Jean's convicted killer.

Here's a link for anyone interested:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollywood-murder-trial-verdict-20161213-story.html

I'll post more later...
RW

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Businessman gets life in prison for shotgun murder of a woman on a Hollywood street

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollywood-shotgun-murder-20170605-story.html

The last time Bernard Melvin heard from his daughter Carrie, she was calling him to wish him a happy birthday.

Weeks later, her father received unimaginable news.

Carrie had been killed by a man who fired a shotgun blast at her face as she walked with her boyfriend to a Thai restaurant in Hollywood.

On Monday, Bernard Melvin stood in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom moments before the man convicted of his daughter’s murder was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.