Man Held in Beating Death of Daughter, 13

A 265-pound Lynwood man was arrested after he allegedly beat his 13-year-old adopted daughter to death Tuesday morning and then sat calmly waiting for paramedics.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives said Ronald Tresvan, 44, a school clerk-typist, called the 911 emergency number about 7:25 a.m. and said, “Get someone over here. Someone is dying.”

Asked how he knew, Tresvan replied, “Because I hit her over the head,” according to Lt. Dan Burt.

Tria Tresvan was found dead on the floor of her bedroom, Burt said, apparently having been struck several times in the head with a blunt instrument. Her hair was in curlers and she was in her bedclothes, he said.

Deputy Bob Nimtz said an argument over “her behavior in the home” apparently led to the girl’s death.

Burt said the 6-foot, 3-inch Tresvan seemed detached and emotionless when officers arrived at the home and began to question him. He was booked on suspicion of murder at Lynwood Sheriff’s Station and held without bail.

Burt said the girl kept her bedroom of the house in the 11100 block of Linden Street neat and well-organized. Friends and teachers at Hosler Junior High School in Lynwood described her as a quiet, attentive student who played clarinet in band class and never caused trouble.

‘Special Kid’

“She was a real special kid,” said Felix Varnado, her band instructor. “She was a little introverted at first, but she opened up. I was devastated when I heard.”

One nearby resident, James Mayo, 41, said that Ronald Tresvan was standoffish with neighbors, often not speaking when they met in a common driveway.

Mayo said that he gives rides to some of the children in the neighborhood, but that on Monday the Tresvan girl told him she would not be able to ride with him anymore. “I never got a chance to ask her why,” he said.

Another neighbor said Tria “seemed unhappy.” The girl was quiet and didn’t smile like other teen-agers on the block, he said.

Mayo said he heard bumping noises coming from the green-stucco Tresvan home about 7 a.m. Tuesday, but didn’t think anything of it until paramedics arrived.

The mother, whose name was not immediately released by investigators, was at work at the time of the incident, deputies said. The couple reportedly adopted the girl several years ago.

Tresvan works at Bancroft Junior High School in Los Angeles, deputies said.