Juliana Redding, 21

Juliana Redding, 21, a young white woman, was found dead inside her home at 1527 Centinela Ave. in Santa Monica, at about 6:10 p.m. Sunday, March 16. According to Lt. Alex Padilla from the Santa Monica Police Department, Redding's mother had called police from Tucson, Ariz., Sunday evening and told police that she had been unable to reach her daughter at her home. Officers were dispatched to the address and upon arrival discovered she had been killed during an assault. Anyone with information about the incident can call Santa Monica police detectives at (310) 458-8451.

Comments

[Krista]

Lyle, I'm not sure that you "get it"... suggesting we should arm ourselves for safety serves only to ensure an increase in gun violence, not a decrease. I understand the fear that drives your statement but I urge you to think again before contributing to the problem and not the solution.

[lover of JUJU]

some girls are just born with glitter in their veins. RIP ju ju we love u babas!!!

[windy but happy]

I came across this site while reading the L.A. Times on line... I live in Wyoming. My husband & I raised our children in Wyo. They are now 24 & 27 yrs. old. The town that I live in has 57 nationalities who live, work & raise our children together. When there is violent crime here, which is getting to be more often, due to an energy boom here bringing more people to our area, our entire community is shocked & saddened. The issue of ethnicity or where the victim lives is not important to us, what is important, is the effects of these crimes on the victim's families & our community. I know that it seems to many of you that I may be naive about this issue, but I was raised in the Phoenix area & lived there until job opportunities became available in Wyoming, so I do understand violent crime & the precausions that a person takes to try to avoid being a victim. Our law enforcement agency here is as any in the nation, we have our share of judgemental & racially motivated officers, but we are very lucky to also have genuinely caring individual officers who work just as tirelessly on every violent crime, no matter what skin color or neighborhood the victim is & from. The murder of this young woman is just as tragic as the murder of young Jose L. Garcia, the eleven yr. old who was shot & killed... Murder is murder, the victim was taken from someone who loved them & needed them & the victim was denied the life that was fated for them. That means that young Jose will never get a hug & kiss goodnight again. He will never get a chance to play with his famliy & friends again. He will never get to fall in love & have his heart broken, just to learn that he will love again with more ferocity. His Mother will never be able to replace the emptiness left in her soul because Jose was taken from her in the worst possible way, violently & without warning. Juliana will never know love again, she will never get to enjoy her family & friends & her mother experiences the same emptiness that Jose's Mother feels... I'm very sorry that people turn tragedy into an example of racial division & unfairness. WE all know that these things exist , but to make these blogs a way of expressing the inequalities that exist in the world, just doesn't feel right. All of these victims were taken violently & by someone who had no right to do so. The victim's loved ones & friends read these hoping to find out if anyone has any info that would help thier case & to hopefully read someting good about thier loved one from a someone who was touched deeply by thier loved one who is gone now...I would be deeply saddened to read on here that someone out there is bitter because of the color of my murdered loved one's skin color or where they lived. Juliana, Jose & all of the victims on this site are gone...regardless of skin color or location, this seems to escape some people & I'm sure it is because they have been wronged by the system... Hate the system, try to change the system, but please don't hurt the victim's loved ones by making thier loss an example of this unfairness... By the way, my Family is Hispanic & the main reason we have stayed in Wyoming was to raise our kids in a town that we considered relatively safe & where we knew that we could financially support them . There is racial in-equality everywhere, but we rise above it by working hard to provide for our family & help to provide for our community every chance we get. I sometimes forget how lucky we are that we can stand out side & visit with neighbors or clean our cars or walk down our street without worrying about getting hit by a stray bullet, or being followed by someone meaning to do us harm. We put up with the bitter & hard winters so that we can live in safety & try our best to respect others who do the same with us... I hope that my message is understood, & for all of the people touched by the un-fairness of violent crime, I am truly sorry for your loss & I hope that these cases are solved & the people responsible are held accountable for the pain they have caused...

[bruce]

I just found this website ... this is amazing, and horrifying stuff. This poor girl killed during an assault ... for some sick bastard's amusement. This has got to stop. We think Iraq has problems, we have to kill the insurgents in this country like those who would do this. People have the right to their lives at least in this sad world.

[jasmine mendez]

my sister jennifer mendez works in front of the tapas bar bistro and was a friend of juliana she say that on friday (which was the last day everyone saw juliana)she saw juliana with two guys walking toward the left.

[Jo]

Mark and Evan,
Any death of someone innocent is a great tragedy what ever race or color they are. She may have been murdered just because she was attractive and refused some a-- holes advances. What if she were your daughter??? Your attitudes disgust me and yes this story deserved all the attention it got.

[Kevin]

Evan, you are just looking for something to complain about. I saw the mother of Jamiel Shaw on national tv talking about the senseless murder of her son, and there was much outpouring of grief and attention. He does not look like a "pretty white girl". Grow up.

[Lyle Burlingame]

This is so sad. This crime and many others as of late just spell out the need for citizenry to be armed in this day and age. With all the dope addicts (not marijuana but real dope addicts) and crazy people with nothing to live for, anyone can be a victim of random/planned voilence. If people practice awareness and have the chance to be armed, at least in the home, it would definatly cut down on the home invasion deaths.

[Shannon]

This is sad, I knew this girl in preschool at "the sandbox" it just feels weird to know she was murdered. And while other victims of murder and other crimes should be taken notice of i don't think it fair to be angry when someone else gets recognition. It's not like she asked for it.

[David Brown]

Perhaps her death gets attention because she was not: a gang banger, drug dealer or other type of social deviant. In such case her life was/is worth more than that of a Blood, Crip or Mexican Mafia moron.

To think otherwise is insane.

[Derrick]

It is sad this pretty young lady life was taken. I know the Santa Monica Police Dept is working hard to bring the killer to justice.

[Mark]

All the characteristics of a story that gets a spotlight?... what exactly is it? b/c it happened in santa monica and she's white? the fruit vendor who got beaten to death at a arco gas station in plain public view has more characteristics to get a spotlight by the media but whooooooooooooooooooo cares!

[Evan]

It's a tragedy that this happened to her, but once again, the community rallies around a pretty while girl, rather than paying attention to the 164 equally as devastating homicides in Los Angeles. That kind of mentality is disgusting.

[Kari Romero]

This is indeed a tragedy. As a friend and former classmate of Juliana, I pray the officials will do everything in their power to make sure the person responsible is brought to justice.

[Daledo]

This is a tragedy and I hope the whomever is responsible is swiftly apprehended. It will also be interesting to see if the national media (nance grace et al) will focus on this case. It has all the characteristics of a story that gets a spotlight.