Twenty-five years later, authorities have finally confirmed the identity of the last known victim of the Los Angeles riots, People has learned.
Miguel Armando Quiroz Ortiz’s charred body was found in the rubble inside a Pep Boys in South L.A. on May 2, 1992, four days after mayhem erupted following the acquittal of four L.A. police officers in the vicious beating of black motorist Rodney King.
More than 2,000 people were injured and 50 people died during the five days of looting, rioting and violence. More than 3,000 fires were set and more than 1,000 businesses were destroyed.
Dubbed John Doe #80, the 18-year-old...
Miguel Armando Quiroz Ortiz’s charred body was found in the rubble inside a Pep Boys in South L.A. on May 2, 1992, four days after mayhem erupted following the acquittal of four L.A. police officers in the vicious beating of black motorist Rodney King.
More than 2,000 people were injured and 50 people died during the five days of looting, rioting and violence. More than 3,000 fires were set and more than 1,000 businesses were destroyed.
Dubbed John Doe #80, the 18-year-old...
- 6/7/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
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