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Daily Real Estate News | July 20, 2009 | Real Estate Pro Killed in Foreclosed Home
A real estate practitioner showing a foreclosed home in a community outside Los Angeles discovered the body of a second real estate professional, identified as Ricardo Contreras, 45 of Lakewood, Calif.

Family members identified Contreras, 45, as a real estate professional and father of five who had gone missing on July 14.

Officer Karen Rayner said the practitioner who found the body had been unable to locate a key to the three-bedroom home in the 8900 block of Kittyhawk Ave. near the Los Angeles International Airport.

He apparently called the listing company, Modern Realty Co., which sent someone to help open the door. Rayner said that together they discovered the body of Contreras, who was lying on the living room floor. According to news reports, he was believed to have been stabbed several times.

Source: The Associated Press and KABC (07/19/2009)

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