{"id":70857,"date":"2016-03-18T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70857"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:46:05","slug":"homicide-detectives-investigating-palmdale-mans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/18\/homicide-detectives-investigating-palmdale-mans-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide detectives investigating Palmdale man\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE – Authorities are working to determine if foul play was involved in the death of a 57-year-old Palmdale man.<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 3, deputies responded to<\/span> an \u201celderly abuse\u201d call for service at the man’s residence on the 3200 block of East Avenue R in Palmdale, <\/span>according to a press release from the Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim was transported to a local hospital to be evaluated by medical personnel and released to return to his residence,\u201d the sheriff’s statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, March 16, \u201cthe victim was transported to a local hospital for a medical emergency and died at approximately 9:11 p.m.,\u201d the sheriff’s statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man was identified as <\/span>Raymond L. Hodge<\/b> of Palmdale, and an autopsy is pending to determine his cause of death, according to coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Deputies said Hodge was hit in the head with an oxygen tank by his 21-year-old grandson, prompting the call for service, but Hodge had refused to cooperate with the assault investigation, according to a report by ABC7<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222- TIPS.<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

UPDATED 7\/26\/16<\/span>: A previous version of this article had an incorrect middle initial for the named victim. Raymond L. Hodge is the correct name of the deceased.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE – Authorities are working to determine if foul play was involved in the death of a 57-year-old Palmdale man. On March 3, deputies responded to an \u201celderly abuse\u201d call for service at the man’s residence on the 3200 block of East Avenue R in Palmdale, according to a press release from the Sheriff\u2019s Department. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/70857"}],"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=70857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}