The Invisible War
Reporter Jill Leovy covers every homicide in Los Angeles County, giving names to otherwise anonymous casualties -- and some relief to their families.

By KEVIN SITES, SUN OCT 14, 8:34 AM PDT


Jill Leovy's war isn't thousands of miles away. In fact, without traffic, she can drive from her office to the front lines in about ten minutes.
It's being fought mostly in the tough, minority neighborhoods of Los Angeles County, where three people are killed each day on average more than a thousand a year.

Leovy is the creator of The Homicide Report, a blogging project by the Los Angeles Times in which she is attempting to record every homicide in Los Angeles County over the course of a year. She has covered over 700 to date.



http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/