January 10, 2025 – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that Homicide Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are seeking assistance with information regarding the murder of James Takeuchi.

On Sunday, December 29, 2024, at approximately 2:20 P.M., James Takeuchi (victim) was murdered in his vehicle near the intersection of Fullerton Road and Colima Road in the city of Rowland Heights.

Eyewitness accounts describe a woman dressed in all black with a heavy build seen leaving the victim's vehicle and fleeing the area with a Male/Hispanic adult shortly after the murder.

Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance and are asking anyone with information to please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department