Posted on 04/16/2018 5:38:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Efrem Zimbalist Demery Jr., 28, was arrested on suspicion of murder about 12 hours after firefighters responded to the fire at Top Notch Recordings around 7 a.m. Saturday, April 14, police said.
Firefighters found four people down in the flames at the studio in the 3700 block of Cahuenga Boulevard. Two people remain hospitalized in critical condition with serious burns: a man in his 20s, and a 15-year-old girl.
The victims who remain hospitalized were not associated with the suspect or the men killed, police said.
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The accelerant was poured in a hallway near where the targeted victims were; the two survivors were in a different room, according to the captain.
“The direct nature of going after these individuals is obviously very heinous,” the captain said. “Arson is a brutal crime and a terrible way to die.”
An man examines damage at the scene of a fire that left two dead in Studio City on April 14, 2018. (Credit: KTLA) An man examines damage at the scene of a fire that left two dead in Studio City on April 14, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
Surveillance video and forensic evidence led police and Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators to Demery, who was arrested in Willowbrook by a California Highway Patrol officer who spotted him allegedly committing a traffic violation.
Demery has prior arrests for burglary and selling counterfeit goods, police said. It’s not clear if he has convictions related to those arrests.
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Yep and Pierce will always be Mr. Steele.
Just parenthetically, Melissa Pamer seems to be one of the few journalists in the nation who actually knows how to write a news piece.
LOL...my dad used to say “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” or “Jesus H. Christ” when he was completely exasperated.
He was pretty religious in those days, and I think he tried to refrain from saying it. But the worst thing out of his mouth was “Damn”...I didn’t hear him use the “F” word until he was in his late sixties!
When he used an epithet aimed directly at us, it was to call us a “Dumb Bunny”, which we find hilarious today! Sigh. He really did try not to raise his voice at us, but we had a large family and a hot tempered Italian/Armenian mother, so he was the “controlled” one.
Boy, do I miss him.
Is this being investigated by The FBI (In Color)?
Who needs to have gasoline and matches anyway?
And you would be correct, a whole posse of them.
Sounds like you had a good dad!
But for real, the name screams for further explanation.
Maybe mom was a fan?
Maybe a tangential relationship to the great one himself?
I had a student in the ghetto who was named Christian Dior (last name).
I think that was because his mom was on crack.
Darn. This was a terrible thing. I didn’t read the story and got caught up in a tangent of remembrance...
What a thing, to light a fire to kill people. What a hell of a thing.
I am going to rule out descendant of Stephanie. He is black and has several priors.
I suspect his fathers mother was a fan of the tv show, “The FBI” I found Sr. living in Compton, Calif. He uses Zimbilist as a middle name among others.
He was. He was.
Mo of dem Asians and Scandinavians making trouble.
Killin’ each otha.
Love it! I use “Intercontinental ballistic missiles!”
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