Suspect in Mid-City slaying had been deported to Mexico, had earlier domestic violence case

L.A. Times
November 16, 2009

A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman at her Mid-City apartment last week, hours after she filed a domestic violence allegation against him, was twice returned to Mexico from the U.S. and had a prior felony conviction for domestic violence involving another woman.

Daniel Carlon, 23, allegedly stabbed Flor Medrano, 30, in her apartment in the 1300 block of Cochran Avenue as LAPD officers from the Wilshire Division were outside in their car filling out a crime report.

According to U.S. Department of Homeland Security records, Carlon had been sent back to Mexico twice – once in January 2007 based on an immigration judge’s order and again in June of this year following his arrest by federal immigration officials.

Records also indicate Carlon had a prior felony conviction for domestic violence in 2005. Details of that case were not immediately available.

Medrano filed a domestic violence report against Carlon hours before she was killed Wednesday. Police believe Carlon scaled the roof of the apartment building and entered through a rear window. When officers heard screaming, they rushed upstairs and saw Carlon through a window, stabbing Medrano. Police fatally shot Carlon.

Jasmin Gomez, 20, who lives in the building, said there was a memorial with flowers, candles and a photo outside the building for Medrano – a single-mother with a 3-year-old daughter.

--Andrew Blankstein and Baxter Holmes

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