The killing of Robee Brewer

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department personnel used dogs, ATVs and horses to search the canyons and surrounding neighborhoods of Griffith Park as they searched for homicide suspect Oscar Bridges on Feb. 4. The department announced it would be sending 50 additional personnel in the hunt for Bridges in the hills above the Greek Theatre and Runyon Canyon Park, as well as questioning local merchants and motel managers. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

March 22, 2014 2:46 PM PT

Those who knew him describe Robert “Robee” Brewer, 21, of Texas as an easygoing guy with a bit of wanderlust. How, then, did he wind up as a homicide victim in a South L.A. motel room, with a man named Oscar Bridges accused in his death? Family and friends want to know.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter searches the area above the Greek Theatre for Oscar Bridges, suspected in the death of Robee Brewer, Feb. 4. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD mounted patrol officers search at the Griffith Park Observatory as they assist the county Sheriff’s Department in the search for the homicide suspect. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sheriff’s Department officers used ATVs to search the canyons and surrounding neighborhoods of Griffith Park in their search. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)