{"id":49238,"date":"2014-02-24T21:47:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T05:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=49238"},"modified":"2014-04-22T11:05:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T18:05:43","slug":"missing-man-found-shot-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/02\/24\/missing-man-found-shot-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing man found shot to death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene and initially thought the death to be traffic related. Once the body was examined, the death was ruled a homicide. (Photo by ED FROMMER)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 47-year-old Lancaster man who went missing Sunday after riding out to the desert on his all-terrain vehicle was found dead Monday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Stephen Finson<\/strong> suffered a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Headquarters Bureau. Read it below:<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man that was discovered at 8:58 a.m., Monday, February 24, 2014, in the 13300 block of East Avenue H, Lancaster.<\/p>\n

Detectives have learned that deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station responded to the area in search of a missing person.<\/p>\n

The victim’s family reported the victim missing at about 1:00 a.m. today (2\/24\/14), after he failed to return from the desert on his all-terrain cycle (ATC).<\/p>\n

He had last been seen by family members on the afternoon of Sunday, February 23, 2014.<\/p>\n

During the search, the victim was found laying on the ground near his ATC. It was determined he had suffered a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The victim has been identified as 47 year-old\u00a0Stephen Finson<\/strong>, a resident of Lancaster.<\/p>\n

There is no suspect information and this is an on-going investigation. There is no further information at this time.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATED 4\/16\/14<\/span>: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is\u00a0offering a $10,000 reward\u00a0 in exchange for information leading to the arrest and\/or conviction of the suspect(s) responsible for Finson’s murder. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact homicide investigators Q. Rodriguez and Robert Martindale at\u00a0323-890-5500.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 A 47-year-old Lancaster man who went missing Sunday after riding out to the desert on his all-terrain vehicle was found dead Monday morning, authorities said. Stephen Finson suffered a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Headquarters Bureau. Read it below: Los […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}