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Did this punk have the knife in his hand and do the stabbing himself? The professional journalists of course left it murky.

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There were no independent witnesses. The thugs weren't talking and the surviving victims didn't see the stabbing, it was a brawl, too much was happening all at once.

A detective interviewed one of the perps. The detective asked whether any of his friends had bragged about the stabbing.

“It would have to be Esteban,” he replied. “Esteban said, ‘Yeah, I got one of them.’ ”

This story from the notorious L.A. Times is a thorough treatment of the case: Knives, a death, a famous name