Post by Scumhunter on Mar 27, 2015 11:26:03 GMT -5
It has now been over a dozen years since Lori Lepper, a 32-year old woman who was the webmaster for Guns N Roses's bassist Duff McKagan's website, was found murdered in her Los Angeles area apartment. The case was aired twice in the summer of 2004 under a short-lived segment called "Solve A Mystery" where viewers were asked to go to AMW's website for additional clues. Below is the 2004 archived description of her case:
Apartment #10
On Friday November 29, 2002, Los Angeles Police answered a homicide call at an apartment on La Cienaga Boulevard. On the floor of apartment #10, lay a 32-year-old woman.
Her name was Lori Lepper and she had been brutally beaten and stabbed. There were clear signs of a struggle. Two wallets had been stolen from Lori's purse where it lay on the floor beside her
This Was No Robbery
The killer clearly tried to make it look like a break in or robbery. But it wasn't. Police believe the killer stayed around to make sure that Lori was good and dead.
Detective Gene Parshall would later say, This was not a normal person. He had a lot of anger, really wanted her dead, and was very agressive.
Who could have harbored such a black rage against Lori? There was only a handful of suspects and LAPD ruled out them out pretty quickly. Nearly two years later Lori's case is on the books as an unsolved homicide.
Rock To The Rescue
Lori Lepper was well-known around the LA rock scene as an die-hard fan. It was rock and roll that had lured the native of Bologna, Italy to the US, 11 years before her death. Lori made LA her home. She held down a day job with a payroll company, but she was crazy for rock and roll and spent her evenings at concerts and clubs.
You could say that Lori was the ideal fan for a lot of rockers. She was crazy for the music and the musicians, but she respected their boundaries. That respect earned her their friendship.
In the wake of her death rockers are calling out for justice.
Here's the few more additional notes AMW asked viewers to look at, some of the Solve a Mystery additional clues are no longer available, but here's what I've been able to salvage (also, please try your best to ignore the "sponsored by Burger King" if you go to the archive- which we all agreed in Pakman's episode guide discussion didn't feel right)
Who Visited Lori?
There was no sign of a forced entry to Lori's apartment, leading investigators to believe that she might have known her attacker and let him in. Police found fingerprints on a water glass in Lori's apartment that might belong to the killer, but they haven't been able to find a match for them.
DET. PARSHALL: It appeared she probably had someone over that she knew. There were two drinking glasses that appeared at one point to be on each arm of a couch.
Thoughts? There really is not much to go on, but I agree the person is likely someone Lori knew. Perhaps an ex-lover who wanted to get back together. What I do know is this case seems to have faded from the spotlight. Recently, an L.A. cold case featured on AMW was possibly solved when Robert Durst was finally arrested for the murder of Susan Berman. Let's get the LAPD another one and find out who killed Lori Lepper.
Admin Note #1: Media reports at the time suggested anyone with information pertinent to this case to contact the Wilshire Homicide Unit, and direct their information to Detective Holroyd or Parshall at 213-473-0405 or 213-473-0444. On weekends and during off-hours, call the Patrol Watch Commander at 213-485-4022. Based on the passage of time, it is our advice that you may also want to think about calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS so they can forward your information to anyone currently handling this case.
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