Murder case solved with tattoos on chest

Murder case solved with tattoos on chest

A man in Los Angeles, US, has been arrested for a liquor store murder after he inked details of the crime on his chest.

When Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide investigator Kevin Lloyd was routinely looking through snapshots of tattooed gang members, he saw something that caught his eye - a crime scene he was familiar with.

Anthony Garcia's gangster tattoos give police answers to a murder caseAnthony Garcia, a member of the Rivera -13 gang, had a tattoo that resembled the scene of the liquor store killing of 23-year-old John Juarez in Pico Rivera on Jan. 23, 2004, reports the Los Angeles Times.

There were numerous details the murder inked on the gang member.

When police discovered the evidence on Garcia's chest in 2008, they launched an investigation, which was followed by the arrest of Garcia, reports the paper.

This week, an undercover policeman placed in Garcia's cell got a confession from the suspect.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au

Published Apr 23 2011