Long Beach senior citizen arrested for murder
Adrian Morales
A 69-year-old Long Beach woman has been arrested for murder after police say another woman died following an apparent physical assault Saturday evening.
According to the Long Beach Police Department, officers responded to a nursing home in the 2600 block of Grand Avenue at approximately 7:26 p.m. after receiving a report of an assault. They found an adult woman unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the suspect as Estela Jaramillo Rodriguez, 69, of Long Beach. She was arrested near the scene, booked into the Long Beach City Jail for murder, and is being held on $2 million bail.
The victim’s identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin. Police have not said whether the suspect and victim knew each other, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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