Norwalk : Reward Set in Stabbing Death of School Janitor
- Share via
The City Council on Tuesday voted to offer a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant or assailants who fatally stabbed a janitor at Edmondson Elementary School in Norwalk last week.
Nicholas G. Karaponas, 59, was found dead in a second-grade classroom Saturday morning by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District security police. He died of multiple stab wounds, said Bob Dambacher, spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
In a related development, the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to hold an 11:45 a.m. meeting today to consider offering a $25,000 reward.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown.
NPR climate editor Sadie Babits talks about why the media has long overlooked the climate crisis, and how that’s starting to change.
