Fil-Am charged with murder of 3 family members the day after Christmas

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POMONA – A 23-year-old Filipino American has been charged with murdering three of his family members in their Baldwin Park home the day after Christmas, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has announced.

Kyle Chester De Los Reyes is set to be arraigned Jan. 15 in a Pomona courtroom on three counts of murder in connection with the stabbing deaths last Thursday, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

The murder charges include the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, along with allegations that he used a deadly weapon.

The victims were identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office as 8-year-old Mia Chantelle Narvaez, 16-year-old Paul Sebastian Manangan and 44 year-old Rona Nate.

The victims suffered multiple stab wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday.

Authorities have not disclosed the relationships between De Los Reyes and the victims, but a neighbor, Nathan Garcia, told ABC7 that he heard the little girl screaming coming out and crying for help, saying, ‘Someone call 911. My brother stabbed my mom in the back, I saw blood.”

Baldwin Park Police Department officers responded at 6:48 p.m. that day to the 4700 block of Bogart Avenue, between Maine and Phelan avenues, where they found the victims, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Michael Modica.

Each had suffered multiple stab wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene, according to media reports.

A neighbor told KNX radio that a cousin with whom he lives heard noises coming from the house at about 6:30 p.m.

“She heard a loud noise, someone yelling for help [and] to call 911,” the neighbor said. “And then she heard a guy scream, like, just to the top of the lungs and after that she all she heard was just a loud crash. Like [a] boom, like someone slammed the door really, really hard.”

Modica said that when officers arrived, the suspect tried to drive away from the scene but was detained.

The suspect was determined to be related to the victims and a resident of the home, Modica added. He was arrested and booked at the Baldwin Park Police Department on suspicion of murder.

De Los Reyes remains behind bars without bail, jail records show.

In a statement announcing the charges, the district attorney said his office “will work tirelessly to ensure that justice is served in this devastating act of violence, which has shaken our community and left a family forever changed.” (with CNS report)

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