A look at the arrest of the 17-year-old Carlsbad murder suspect
Dena Beyrouty saw the arrest from a balcony overlooking the beach in Carlsbad: “I m telling you - he just looked like a normal Southern California surfer kid. Author: Steve Price (Reporter) Updated: 8:06 PM PST December 15, 2020
SAN DIEGO There is a wave of relief in Carlsbad, after an arrest was made in connection with the murder of Lisa Thorborg. The 68-year-old grandmother was out walking on a popular trail in November when she was fatally stabbed. But there is also shock that the person arrested is just 17-years-old.
Dena Beyrouty saw the arrest from a balcony overlooking the beach in Carlsbad. “I m telling you - he just looked like a normal Southern California surfer kid,” she said. The arrest happened around 3:30 Monday afternoon on the sand near Carlsbad Village Drive. “He looked sad - like - it just felt like - maybe the journey s over. I m done.”
Police said investigative and forensics led to teen suspect in the murder of Lisa Thorborg. Author: CBS News 8 Team, Abbie Alford (Reporter) Published: 6:32 PM PST December 14, 2020 Updated: 9:08 AM PST December 15, 2020
CARLSBAD, Calif. The Carlsbad Police Department announced an arrest in the murder of Lisa Thorborg, 68, who was found stabbed to death on the morning of November 23 on the Hosp Grove Trail.
Police said they have arrested a 17-year-old male resident of Carlsbad.
Thorborg lived in the neighborhood and had posted on Nextdoor two weeks before her murder, looking for a hiking partner but police said the murder was not connected to the post.
Lisa Thorborg, 68, was found dead late morning on Nov. 23, the Monday before Thanksgiving, on a trail that runs through Hosp Grove Park. She lived just blocks away, according to police. It’s been nearly three weeks since someone stabbed 68-year-old Lisa Thorborg to death on a hiking trail, reports NBC 7 s Alexis Rivas
Detectives believe she was hiking alone when she was killed, but they were looking into social media posts Thorborg made days before the stabbing when she was apparently looking for a hiking partner.
“Hiking anyone? I would love the company, a NextDoor post from Thorborg read.
Following the news of the arrest, Thorborg s family released the following statement:
CARLSBAD
Police on Monday arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the Nov. 23 slaying of Lisa Thorborg, a Carlsbad woman who was stabbed to death while hiking, a lieutenant said.
Lisa Thorborg, 68.
(Courtesy of Carlsbad Police Department)
The teen is a Carlsbad resident, according to police Lt. Jason Jackowski. The boy’s name was not released because he is a juvenile.
Investigators do not believe there are any other suspects, Jackowski said.
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A passerby found Thorborg, 68, dead late the morning of Nov. 23 along Hosp Grove trail, a half-mile southeast of Buena Vista Lagoon. Blood at the scene tipped police that her death was suspicious, and an autopsy revealed she had been stabbed.
The stabbing happened late morning on Nov. 23, the Monday before Thanksgiving, on a trail that runs thorugh Hosp Grove Park. Thorborg lived just blocks away.
Days before the stabbing, Thorborg posted on NextDoor, saying in part, “Hiking anyone? I would love the company.”
Detectives believe she was hiking alone when she was killed.
“We don’t get on-time reporting,” frustrated park visitor Pat Singley said Thursday. “We don’t receive the information we need, so that bothers me.”
She felt so unsafe and uncomfortable, she didn’t finish eating her lunch at the park with a girlfriend.
Earlier this month, CPD put out a message on social media asking concerned parties not to try and take the investigation into their own hands. Investigators grew concerned because of social media posts circulating within the community suggesting civilians, frustrated by the lack of progress in the case, would search nearby homeless encampments for suspects.