Arrest in Newton

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Readers of the Homicide Report may remember the double homicide in March that took the lives of 16-year-old Nelli Rodriguez and Rafael Rivera, 33, in LAPD’s Newton Division. Police said Monday said that Newton detectives have made an arrest in this case. Marquise Carr, 19, a black young man, was taken into custody in Bakersfield May 31, and charged with two counts of muder in the case, according to LAPD Det. Julio Benavides, who investigated this case along with Det. Johnny Villa. Above, Nelli Rodriguez, left, and Rafael Rivera, right. See ‘Dispatch: Nelli Rodriguez.’