CA - Tiana Alfred, 31, dismembered, set ablaze, Pasadena, 31 Jan 2018 *husband arrested*

[tarabull]

Burned body found in Cypress Park Home Depot parking lot
February 1, 2018

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...Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to reports of a rubbish fire shortly after 1:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of Figueroa Street. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered human remains and a large drum on fire.

...The identity of the victim was not released. Investigators were looking into whether the victim may have been a homeless person due to debris or possible belongings found near the body.

No further information was immediately released.

http://abc7.com/burned-body-found-in-cypress-park-home-depot-parking-lot/3017027/

 

[tarabull]

Homicide detectives investigate burned body found in Cypress Park
Feb 1 2018

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..."We have nothing right now that leads us to believe this person was homeless or was not homeless," she said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-home-depot-fire-20180201-story.html

 

[tarabull]

Nothing new...yet.

[video]https://youtu.be/0lmKWJqnau0[/video]

 

[GigTu]

Does it sound like someone was warming themselves up by the drum and accidentally caught themselves on fire?

 

[tarabull]

I've reached my monthly limit but...

Man chopped up victim in restaurant, took body in suitcase on Gold Line train before burning it
- 4 hours ago

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-home-depot-fire-body-20180206-story.html

 

[Lorena]

I've reached my monthly limit but...

Man chopped up victim in restaurant, took body in suitcase on Gold Line train before burning it
- 4 hours ago

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-home-depot-fire-body-20180206-story.html

From the link

"A homicide suspect dismembered his victim in an abandoned Pasadena restaurant, placed the pieces inside a suitcase and then took the grisly package aboard a Metro Gold Line train before he set the contents on fire in Cypress Park, according to authorities.

Valentino Gutierrez, 56, was arrested Friday and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail in connection with the discovery of the burned remains beneath a freeway overpass, according to authorities."





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[Lorena]

"The restaurant, Dona Rosa Bakery and Taqueria, is at California and Arroyo Parkway and has been closed for about two years.

Beck said detectives think that the victim was dismembered in the restaurant and that the suspect carried the remains in the suitcase on the train from the restaurant to the parking lot.

The victim has not been identified, Beck said, but the suspect's significant other is missing."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-home-depot-fire-body-20180206-story.html

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[tarabull]

Dona Rosa Bakery to Home Depot Cypress Park: https://goo.gl/maps/oo9v6AbjVav

 

[JoeFromLB]

I just shake my head at the increasingly horrific crimes in the news...no words are adequate to explain this one.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-an...fe-in-suitcase-and-set-it-on-fire-police-say/

LOS ANGELES -- Investigators believe a man killed his wife in an abandoned restaurant, chopped up her body, stuffed it into a suitcase and then calmly rode with it aboard a train before he burned her remains in a parking lot, Los Angeles police said Tuesday.

 

[GigTu]

WOW! Gruesome!

 

[Iamthegogmagog]

"All aboard!"

Beggars the imagination really.

 

[keeleydoll]

A bit more info here, they were homeless and living in the restaurant with other homeless folks. Wife was 31 year old Tiana Alfred. https://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/pasadena-homeless-man-allegedly-dismembers-wife/


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[keeleydoll]

Tiana’s FB https://m.facebook.com/tiana.alfred


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[keeleydoll]

His FB https://m.facebook.com/valentino.gutierrez.7503?ref=content_filter


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[human]

Wow. She seemed to have a great future, Kids. Going to college. I wonder what happened

 

[Iamthegogmagog]

The answer to the question "What happened?" Usually, it's "Drugs happened."

 

[Jessica6980]

The coroner's office identified the woman as 31-year-old Tiana Theresa Alfred.

http://abc7.com/3154515/?ex_cid=TA_KABC_FB&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5a9788dc9ebbef0007dcd228&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

 

[cybervampira]

Her FB profile: https://www.facebook.com/1087273607

 

[cvaldez1975]

what happened. she was all into reading and literacy 4-5 years ago then more recently is typing in all slang. its strange

Her FB profile: https://www.facebook.com/1087273607

 

[Rikissa]

Article published 24 Juli 2025:

California Man Accused of Carrying Wife's Dismembered Body Onto Public Train in Suitcase, Case Hits Roadblock

The murder case against Valentino Gutierrez is on hold after his attorneys raised concerns about his mental fitness, delaying prosecution for the brutal 2018 killing and dismemberment of his wife.

www.latintimes.com

I can see that there was an article on 1 October 2025 in PasadenaNow.com Mental Competency Hearing Scheduled For Man Charged In Wife’s Gruesome Pasadena Murder – Pasadena Now (I can't access it from Europe) that there was a mental competency hearing scheduled for Valentino Gutierrez.