Prison Escapes Ventura County

A couple who took photographs at Zuma Beach on Tuesday may unknowingly have pictures that would help identify the killers of a 43-year-old Northridge woman who was stabbed to death there, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said Friday.

A Ventura County Jail inmate who is eight months' pregnant escaped from a hospital clinic Tuesday morning after being allowed to use a bathroom unaccompanied, authorities said. Rachel S. Fernandez, 22, crawled out a restroom window about 10 a.m. at the clinic in Ventura, said Eric Nishimoto, a Ventura County sheriff's spokesman. Nishimoto said Fernandez was one of two pregnant inmates taken to the county clinic for a weekly checkup.

Sheriff's deputies were searching for a 22-year-old Ventura man who freed himself from handcuffs and escaped out of an interview room at the department's Government Center headquarters early Saturday. Raymond Anthony Perez was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Friday in a parking lot off Daily Drive in Camarillo on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance, possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia and giving false information to an officer, police said.

Sheriff's deputies were searching for a 22-year-old Ventura man who freed himself from handcuffs and escaped out of an interview room at the department's Government Center headquarters early Saturday. Raymond Anthony Perez was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Friday in a parking lot off Daily Drive in Camarillo on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance, possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia and giving false information to an officer, police said.

The stabbing death of a Northridge woman Tuesday at Zuma Beach was the second major incident of violence at the Malibu area beach in two months, causing some to wonder if the famous coastal region is losing its luster. In April, a 17-year-old boy was critically injured when about 70 youths turned part of Zuma into a battleground until baton-wielding Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies could quell the violence.

A Northridge woman was fatally stabbed Tuesday on a Malibu-area beach and four inmates who escaped from a California Youth Authority facility in Camarillo were being sought in the killing, authorities said. Jacqueline Kirkham, 43, died from several stab wounds to the upper body, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy George Ducoulombier said. She was found in a public restroom at Zuma Beach County Park at about 4 p.m. by passersby and taken to a hospital where she died, the deputy said.

Four convicts escaped from a California Youth Authority prison here after cutting through a chain-link fence, Ventura County authorities said Monday. The inmates broke out about 9:20 a.m. Sunday while serving on a trash detail and escaped through a hole that had been cut in the fence, CYA Lt. Thomas Salas said. Carlos Ramirez, 21, was serving time for first-degree murder. Ismael Solis, 20, was incarcerated for two counts of second-degree murder.

A Ventura County Jail inmate who is eight months' pregnant escaped from a hospital clinic Tuesday morning after being allowed to use a bathroom unaccompanied, authorities said. Rachel S. Fernandez, 22, crawled out a restroom window about 10 a.m. at the clinic in Ventura, said Eric Nishimoto, a Ventura County sheriff's spokesman. Nishimoto said Fernandez was one of two pregnant inmates taken to the county clinic for a weekly checkup.

A couple who took photographs at Zuma Beach on Tuesday may unknowingly have pictures that would help identify the killers of a 43-year-old Northridge woman who was stabbed to death there, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said Friday.

The stabbing death of a Northridge woman Tuesday at Zuma Beach was the second major incident of violence at the Malibu area beach in two months, causing some to wonder if the famous coastal region is losing its luster. In April, a 17-year-old boy was critically injured when about 70 youths turned part of Zuma into a battleground until baton-wielding Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies could quell the violence.

A Northridge woman was fatally stabbed Tuesday on a Malibu-area beach and four inmates who escaped from a California Youth Authority facility in Camarillo were being sought in the killing, authorities said. Jacqueline Kirkham, 43, died from several stab wounds to the upper body, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy George Ducoulombier said. She was found in a public restroom at Zuma Beach County Park at about 4 p.m. by passersby and taken to a hospital where she died, the deputy said.

Four convicts escaped from a California Youth Authority prison here after cutting through a chain-link fence, Ventura County authorities said Monday. The inmates broke out about 9:20 a.m. Sunday while serving on a trash detail and escaped through a hole that had been cut in the fence, CYA Lt. Thomas Salas said. Carlos Ramirez, 21, was serving time for first-degree murder. Ismael Solis, 20, was incarcerated for two counts of second-degree murder.