L.A. County Offers $10,000 Reward in Pasadena Murder

A photo of murder victim Ernesto Ramos Jimenez, 27, of Pasadena, superimposed over a picture of the memorial to him made by his family shortly after his death in November 2020. (Images courtesy of his family members)

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved $10,000 rewards Tuesday in the unrelated shooting deaths of a 27-year- old Pasadena resident and a man whose body was found in a culvert off Mount Baldy Road.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended a reward in the case of 27-year- old Ernesto Jimenez, who was found wounded and lying on the sidewalk in the 200 block of Parke Street near Orange Grove Boulevard and Marengo Avenue in Pasadena around 8 p.m. Nov. 13.

Jimenez, who was shot more than once in the upper body, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers who responded to the shots fired call later learned that Jimenez left his home after dinner and was walking to Villa Park when someone opened fire. Jimenez tried to run back to his residence but collapsed before he could reach the door.

Neighbors lovingly called him “Big Ernesto” and “Big Boy,” according to Barger, who said he was a caring person who liked to play music and hang out with neighbors in Villa Park.

Jimenez was not a gang member and had no gang affiliations, she said.

Barger urged anyone with additional information on the shooting to call Detective Jordan Ling at the Pasadena Police Department, 626-744-4081, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

Barger also recommended a $10,000 reward for information leading to the killer of 63-year-old Gerald “Miles” Purdue, whose body was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest in a culvert near the 3.09-mile marker on Mount Baldy Road north of Claremont on March 25.