From a Tommy's security job to a ride home on Metro, her last hours alive

The train pulled into the North Hollywood station Monday at 4:45 a.m., and I boarded with a handful of other riders headed south.

This was the same line a security guard had taken on April 22 after getting off work at a Tommy’s burger joint.

It was the last trip of her life, before she became the victim of an unprovoked stabbing on this train.

Her slaying, so senseless, random and unsettling, wrecked her family and shook the city. I can’t explain exactly why I felt the need to retrace her steps. Maybe it was simply an attempt to know her a little better.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-01/column-from-a-tommys-security-job-to-a-ride-home-on-metro-her-last-hours-alive