(L.A.) Tony Bledsoe, 18, Died in the Desert
Case Number: 2009-06206
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of an 18-year-old male that occurred in a desert.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Tony Bledsoe of Lancaster, California.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds of Head (Skeletonized Remains)
RIP TONY DUANE BLEDSOE (October 15, 1990 – September 8, 2009)
Formal pronouncement of death was on Tuesday at 8:03 p.m.
The decedent’s grave marker in Joshua Memorial Park says “Too Soon Taken.”
It was only in 2017 that gangmember David Cruz Ponce, 36, was convicted of first-degree murder for the kidnapping and shooting death of Tony Bledsoe. This only came about after Ponce was found guilty of killing five homeless people in Long Beach.