{"id":429167,"date":"2026-08-10T22:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429167\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:20","slug":"long-beach-briefs-update-on-murder-investigation-arrest-and-at-risk-missing-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429167\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Briefs: Update on Murder Investigation &#038; Arrest, and At-Risk Missing Person &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/at-risk-missing-person-tiffany-jones-e1786383537991.avif\" data-caption=\"At Risk Missing Person Tiffany Jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image cwvlazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/at-risk-missing-person-tiffany-jones-696x870.avif\"  data- alt=\"At Risk Missing Person Tiffany Jones\" title=\"at-risk-missing-person-tiffany-jones\"\/><\/a>At Risk Missing Person Tiffany Jones    Update:C\u2013 700 Block of Magnolia Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives have made an arrest related to the July 31, 2026, murder of 38-year-old Ali Darren Muhammad Azim.<\/p>\n<p>Through their investigation, homicide detectives identified Lefulefu Kaio Pasa Jr., a 29-year-old resident of Long Beach, as the suspect responsible for the murder. On Aug. 5, the LBPD Special Weapons and Tactics or SWAT Team served a search warrant in the 600 block of Cedar Avenue. During this search warrant operation, Pasa Jr. was arrested. Pasa Jr. was booked for murder, and bail was set at $2,000,000.<br \/>The motive and circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.<br \/>The victim was identified as Ali Darren Muhammad Azim, a 38-year-old resident of Long Beach.<br \/>Detectives will present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s office for filing consideration.<br \/>Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact homicide detectives Juan Carlos Reyes or Lisette Temblador at 562-570-7244, or anonymously at 800-222-8477, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacrimestoppers.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Crime Stoppers Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>News Release: At-Risk Missing Person \u2013 Tiffany Jones<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Police Department is asking for the public\u2019s help locating 42-year-old at-risk missing person Tiffany Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was last seen on Aug. 4, about 3 p.m. in the 700 block of East Shoreline Drive in Long Beach. Jones was last seen leaving her caretaker to use the restroom and has no cell phone. Jones has medical condition(s) and may become disoriented.<\/p>\n<p>Description of Tiffany Jones<\/p>\n<p>Age: 42<\/p>\n<p>Hair color: Black<\/p>\n<p>Eye Color: Brown<\/p>\n<p>Height: 5\u20193\u2033<\/p>\n<p>Weight: 280 lbs<\/p>\n<p>Sex: Female<\/p>\n<p>Race: Black<\/p>\n<p>Clothing: White sweater, dark pants, purple slip on shoes<\/p>\n<p>Jewelry: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Scars\/Marks\/Tattoos: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Possible Destination: Unknown<\/p>\n<p>Medical Alerts: Has medical condition(s) and may become disoriented<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this missing person is urged to call the LBPD Missing Persons Detail at 562-570-7246 or LBPD Dispatch at 562-435-6711, or anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacrimestoppers.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.LAcrimestoppers.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Risk Missing Person Tiffany Jones Update:C\u2013 700 Block of Magnolia Avenue Homicide detectives have made an arrest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[40482,54028,89329,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-429167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-longbeach","tag-missingperson","tag-publicsafety","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}