"South LA Strangulation Still Haunts Detective

"I can only imagine the fear he must've had as this was happening to him. And the fact that he suffered," he said.

It was just before Christmas, December 15, 2015 and in broad daylight, that the body of 37-year-old Carl Hall was discovered in a South LA back alley. A local transient discovered the body and alerted police, who found Hall's remains dumped in a pile of garbage.

"He was beaten, strangled and then dumped there," LAPD South Bureau Criminal Gang Homicide Detective Shawn Svoboda said.

Det. "Sveboda said he chose to take on this case for personal reasons after it was discovered that the victim was developmentally disabled.