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Abraham Tovar was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a 1981 killing. Left: Tovar in September 1975. Right: Tovar after his arrest.
By Samantha Tata, NBCLosAngeles.com
LOS ANGELES -- More than three decades after Charles McGhee was fatally shot in a vacant lot, an arrest has been made in the 36-year-old man?s 1981 New Year's Day death, police said.
Abraham Tovar, now 73, of Alhambra, was arrested Wednesday morning on an outstanding felony homicide warrant in connection with the killing, which happened shortly before midnight on Jan. 1, 1981, in the 2300 block of South Central Avenue.
Investigators said Tovar and his brother Andrew argued with someone in that vacant lot earlier in the day. When the brothers returned to the lot armed with a handgun and hatchet, they were unable to find the person with whom they fought, police said.
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McGhee and Wayne Alexis became the target of the brothers? revenge, police said.
Abraham Tovar shot both men, police said. McGhee died at the scene.
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Alexis survived the shooting and later testified against Andrew Tovar, who served state prison time and has since died, police said.?But Abraham Tovar disappeared, only to be uncovered during a new look at cold cases. ?
The LAPD Due Diligence Team served two search warrants and poured through several days of surveillance and interviews before the months-long investigation ended with an arrest, according to a statement released Thursday.
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