$50,000 Reward Offered For Information on Murder on the Beach
Murderer Still at
Large
By Karl
Abrams
A $50,000 reward for information
on the murder of Nathan Alan Morgan is now in force. Councilmember Bill
Rosendahl’s motion for the reward was endorsed by the L.A. City Council in
April.
The brutal murder of Nathan Alan Morgan on
March 9 near Ocean Front Walk has not been forgotten in
Venice.
The Beachhead has recently
viewed a videotape caught by a surveillance camera at the Fenmar Apartments near
the murder scene. The grainy video, recorded around 11pm, shows a man brutally
beating another man who lies on the walk. As the beating progresses, at least
five other figures run up and watch. Two of them appear to be
women.
LAPD Detective Joe Lumbreras is
not sure if video is, in fact, a depiction of the murder. He told the Beachhead
that the tape may be just another random beating on the boardwalk, and not
related to Morgan’s murder.
This
seems somewhat improbable. The coincidence of Morgan’s murder and the
beating depicted in the tape at virtually the same time and place, makes it seem
that the tape should not be too easily dismissed as
evidence.
Detective Lumbreras said one
person had been detained for questioning. That person has since been
released.
Meanwhile, at least three
shots rang out on the beach on the evening of April 24, prompting calls to the
Beachhead, and presumably to the police, from already jittery
residents.
Anyone with information on
this brutal murder should call Detective Lumbreras at 310-482-6313.
Posted: Thu - May 1, 2008 at 07:19 PM
