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Fri 7/1/2011 12:10 AM
UPDATE (Log 133) Press Release - The body of a missing Santa Clarita man found in Las Vegas…

UPDATE (Log 133) Press Release
The body of a missing Santa Clarita man has been located in Las Vegas. Hikers discovered the body of Dusan Klein on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada. Using dental records, Klein was positively identified by the Clark County Coroner's Office. The cause of death has been ruled a suicide.
The missing dog has not been located. There is no further information available at this time.

Date: 06/30/11, 11:30PM, Sgt. Martindale
BY: Deputy Mark Pope
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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Sent: Wed 6/29/2011 8:25 PM

(Press Release Update) Abandoned Vehicle Found in Nevada Determined to Be Missing Santa Clarita Couple's Jeep

UPDATED INFORMATION
Sheriff's Press Release, Log Number 133
Date: 06 /29 /11, 6:43PM, Sgt. Martindale/HOM, lrp /SHB

Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing their investigation into the death of a woman, Renata Klein, whose body was located June 15, 2011, in the Angeles National Forest.

Detectives have learned that, on the morning of Sunday, June 26, 2011, a citizen reported a suspicious vehicle parked behind an abandoned building in the 2700 block of East Lake Mead Boulevard, North Las Vegas, Nevada. North Las Vegas Police Department personnel responded to the area and discovered the vehicle was the Kleins' missing Jeep. North Las Vegas Police notified the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau and detective personnel responded.

Homicide Bureau detectives confirmed the Jeep was the Kleins' vehicle, impounded it as evidence in the investigation, and arranged for it to be towed back to Los Angeles County.

Renata's husband, Dusan Klein, and the family dog, Cindy, are still missing. Anyone with information about them or this incident is encouraged to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, 323-890-5500. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.


BY: Deputy Lillian Peck
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323-267-4800
www.lasd.org

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Sent: Wed 6/22/2011 7:24 PM
Subject: (PRESS CONFER.) Sheriff Baca & Homicide Dets seek public's help in locating Dusan Klein & veh. Thurs, June 23, 1030am

*PRESS CONFERENCE* Sheriff Baca & Homicide Detectives seek the public's assistance in locating Dusan Klein and his vehicle--Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

Homicide Detectives Seek the Public’s Assistance in Locating Dusan Klein and His Vehicle

Who: Sheriff Lee Baca, Homicide Bureau Lieutenant John Corina and Homicide Bureau Detectives Martindale and Rodriguez, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; and the son of Dusan Klein.

What: Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives will hold a press conference seeking the public’s assistance in locating Dusan
Klein and his vehicle. Dusan and Renata Klein, a married couple from Santa Clarita, along with their cocker spaniel dog “Cindy,” went missing on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The body of Mrs. Klein was discovered in the Angeles National Forest on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. An autopsy indicated that she was murdered.

When: Thursday, June 23, 2011, at 10:30 a.m.

Where: Sherman Block Sheriff’s Headquarters Building
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
4700 Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, California 91754

For more information, contact Public Information Officer Nicole Nishida at (323) 810-1973 or Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau at (323) 267-4800.

SHB-32M-11 X X X June 22, 2011

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Sent: Fri 6/17/2011 11:25 PM
Subject: Missing Person Found Dead In Angeles National Forest (Log 133)

LOG NUMBER 133
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS: Sergeant Marsh, Detective Q. Rodriguez, Detective Martindale
9:45 AM, June 17, 2011, Friday
CLASSIFICATION: Death Investigation
REPORTING OFFICER: Sergeant Laren
UNIT: Homicide Bureau
DATE: June 15, 2011
TIME OF OCCURRENCE / DISCOVERY: 7:30 AM
LOCATION: Mile Marker 8.95 of Upper Big Tujunga Road, Angeles National Forest
VICTIM(S) Renata Klein FW/59
WATCH CMDR. NAME Lt. Hershey (Santa Clarita Station) DATE June 17, 2011 TIME 2304 HOURS

NARRATIVE: On Wednesday, June 15th, Sheriff's Homicide investigators responded to Mile Marker 8.95 of Upper Big Tujunga Road, Angeles National Forest, regarding a Death Investigation of a female White adult who was found by local Public Works employees. Today, the body was positively identified as missing person Renata Klein of Santa Clarita. The cause of death is unknown at this time.
Her husband, Dusan Klein MW/59, their 1999 Jeep Cherokee (Gold, California License Plate 4FLN519, with a sticker on the window with the words "American Travel"), and their black and white Cocker Spaniel named Cindy, are still missing. There is no further information available at this time. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, 323-890-5500. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

WRITTEN BY: Deputy Mark Pope
APPROVED BY: Deputy Guillermina Saldaña
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323-267-4800
www.lasd.org

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Sent: Wed 6/15/2011 3:22 PM
Subject: (Press Release) Death Investigation in Angeles National Forest

LOG NUMBER 130

CLASSIFICATION: Death Investigation
LOCATION: Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Mile Marker 8.95, Angeles National Forest
Wednesday / 06-15-2011 / 7:30 AM
VICTIM: Female White Adult

INVESTIGATING OFFICERS: Sergeant Marsh, Sergeant Martindale, Detective Q. Rodriguez

Sheriff's Homicide detectives are en route to Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Mile Marker 8.95, Angeles National Forest, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman. There is no more information available at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, 323-890-5500. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.


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Friday June 17th, 2011 :: 09:11 a.m. PDT

Advisory
MISSING: Renata & Dusan Klein (both 59). Last contact June 11, Sat. 1999 Jeep Cherokee, gold #4FLN519. SCV
(See photos by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of this message)

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two missing persons.

The missing persons, Dusan and Renata Klein, are married and live on Wildwind Road in Santa Clarita. They last spoke to friends at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 11th, 2011. They left their home in the vehicle listed with their ten year old black and white Cocker Spaniel dog named Cindy.


Dusan Klein Male/White, 59 years old, 6'02", 190 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes.

Renata Klein Female/White, 59 years old, 5'06", 120 lbs., blonde hair, blue eyes.

Vehicle : 1999 Jeep Cherokee, gold, California License #4FLN519, sticker on rear window with words “American Travel.”

If you have information that can assist in helping safely locate Renata and Dusan Klein, please notify the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Person Detail or your local policing agency.

Attention: DETECTIVE T. ABRAHAM or DETECTIVE D. HARRIS, LASD MIssing Persons Unit, Homicide Bureau
File Number 011-08546-0628-400 and 011-08545-0628-400 Phone (323) 890-5500 Fax (323) 887-1160

If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-
222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website
http://lacrimestoppers.org

By
Detective Tamar Abraham
Missing Persons Unit
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323 890-5500 X5510
www.lasd.org


Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff

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