LA County Homicides (Visual Representation) - Heartbreaking feature

[alcibiades_mystery]

from the LA Times, which seems to have taken some ideas pioneered (or at least popularized) by icasualties.org and used them to give people a better sense of the murders in LA County.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/homicidemap/?source=local_news

Check the blog as well, where the statistical abstraction starts to break down as murder victims' families and friends chime in and remember their loved ones:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/2007/08/monrovia-homici.html

[JDPriestly]

1. This is tragic. Thanks for posting this.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Kick