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Murder Arrest
By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
 Ventura County Sheriff's Department Location: 17500 block of Maple Trail, Lockwood Valley, CA (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age On March 2, 2009, both resident deputies at the Lockwood Valley substation were dispatched code-3 (lights and siren) to a “baby not breathing” call at 17501 Maple Trail in the northern unincorporated area of Ventura County known as Lockwood Valley. Dispatchers gave the infant’s parents CPR instruction as deputies were responding. When deputies arrived, they immediately began CPR. Kern County Fire and AMR Ambulance also responded and continued life saving efforts. The infant, later identified as Steven Schimmel, was transported by ambulance to a nearby ranger station and airlifted to Kern Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Deputies interviewed Steven’s 19-year-old mother and Steven’s 32-year-old father, Jayson Schimmel. Steven’s mother and father are not married, but have lived together for a couple of years, in a guesthouse behind Jayson’s parents’ house. Initial information provided to investigators indicated that Steven awoke crying during bottle feeding and then went limp and subsequently stopped breathing for unknown reasons. At that point a 911 call was placed. The autopsy was performed by the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. The autopsy revealed that Steven Schimmel died of “blunt force head injuries due to Battered Child Syndrome.” Steven also had multiple bruises on other portions of his body, as well as multiple fractures. The investigation determined that Jayson Schimmel was responsible for the crime and probable cause existed to arrest him for murder. Sheriff’s Detective Scott Peterson arrested Jayson Schimmel for the murder of his biological son, Steven Schimmel, on March 5, 2009 at about 3:20 PM in Frazier Park, CA. Anyone with information about this crime should call the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit at (805) |
