August 8, 2024 – Ventura County Sheriff's Office officials report that investigators from the Ventura County Cold Case unit have arrested Warren Luther Alexander (73), of Diamondhead, Mississippi, on three counts of murder, related to a series of strangulation murders occurred in 1977. The Ventura county district attorney’s office filed three counts of first-degree murder against Alexander. He was expedited in California and arrived on August 6, 2024, from Surry County, North Carolina, where he is awaiting prosecution for a 1992 Cold Case murder committed in that jurisdiction.

Alexander’s first appearance of inventory county Superior Court was this morning. There was continued to August 21, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. in courtroom 11. He is being held in county jail without bail.

A news conference will be held (today) Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 10:30 A.M. in the district attorney’s office and streaming on our social media sites.

Warren Luther Alexander News Conference – August 8, 2024

View news conference here.

Source: Ventura County Sheriff's Office