LAPD Investigates Homicide After 7-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Van Nuys Apartment

Tragic Discovery in Van Nuys

• 💔 Homicide investigators were called to an apartment building in Van Nuys on Friday night after a 7-year-old girl was found unresponsive.
• 📍 The incident occurred in the 6800 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, in a second-story unit.

Neighbor's Account

• 💬 A neighbor, who asked to remain unidentified, stated that three people lived in the apartment: a man, a woman, and the young girl.
• 🚨 The neighbor reported hearing the man screaming shortly before police arrived, after he discovered the child's body.
• 🛁 The child was reportedly found in the bathtub.

Investigation and Arrest

• 🚓 Police and paramedics responded to a report of a child not breathing just after 10:00 PM.
• ⚠️ The child's mother was arrested at the scene. She was conscious but suffering from unknown injuries.
• 📹 Bystander cell phone video captured paramedics bringing a woman, identified as the mother, out on a stretcher with her wrists restrained.