DNA Links Convicted Felon To Opossum Found Stabbed, Beaten, Burned, And Hung With Noose In Lynwood
LAPPL News Watch
August 2, 2019
The killer and torturer of an opossum found stabbed, beaten, burned, and hung from a fence in Lynwood was caught by investigators after DNA on the noose around its neck was matched to a convicted felon who lived nearby.
The opossum was found hanging in April 2018 at Yvonne-Burke-John D. Ham park, and SPCALA's Captain Cesar Perea told FOX 11 it was one of the most sadistic cases he's ever seen. "It's up there, I'd say top 10 in my career," he said. "He stabbed it several times, hung it with a noose, and then set it on fire."
But it was the noose around its neck that ended up bringing down its killer. "We removed the noose, and we submitted the noose to the crime lab, and the crime lab pulled DNA from the noose and we got a hit on our suspect," Perea said.
The DNA matched to a convicted felon named Jonathan Aldama, who lived just 400 feet away from the park. When police went to his house to arrest him, they were horrified at what was in his bedroom.
"God, I wanna say we found like 15-20 weapons that were all sharpened and handmade," Perea said. "We found a large amount of blood around these two makeshift bedrooms he had built in the garage."
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