LA Detectives Solve Multiple Murder Case at Homeless Encampment

Heroes Behind Headlines

Former Head of Detectives of the Compton Police Department turned award-winning writer, Frederick Reynolds tells the story behind his gripping new non-fiction book Saint Bloodbath, about a series of brutal murders that took place in a homeless encampment in Long Beach, California in 2008. Joining Fred are Detective Mark McGuire (LBPD) and Captain Martin Rodriguez (LASD) who both played key roles in solving the unusual, complicated case involving the murky culture of the marginalized, the Nuthood Watts drug gang, multiple police jurisdictions, and a single human hand discovered by a woman riding her horse in the desert 100 miles from the scene of the crimes.