Caroline Purviance, a former Hart district teaching aide
[KHTS]-More than two years after a former Hart district teaching assistant was shot and killed in her home, a trial has yet to begin for the victim’s daughter, who stands accused of the murder.
Laura Lutrell Purviance, 26, has been in custody since February 2013, after she was arrested after her mother, Caroline Purviance, was murdered.
Caroline Purviance, 61, of Woodland Hills, who was a special education teaching assistant for the William S. Hart Union High School District, was fatally shot in her home Feb. 13, 2013.
Laura Purviance, who was arrested Feb. 22 by Oregon State Troopers at a rest stop near Medford, Ore., appeared in a Van Nuys courtroom had her first preliminary hearing back in December 2013.
Laura Purviance
Detective David Peteque of the Los Angeles Police Department is in charge of the investigation.
Laura Purviance allegedly went to her mother’s house, shot her in the head and then “just started driving,” he said.
Caroline Purviance worked for the Hart district from March 1999 to January 2004. She was hired at Valencia High School as an instructional assistant.
She also worked at Saugus and Canyon high schools in the same capacity during her time with the district.
Laura Purviance attended Saugus High for a little over a year before transferring out of the district.
Caroline Purviance’s body was discovered in the 5600 block of Mason Avenue, where her daughter lived, on Feb. 13.
She is being held without bail.
If convicted, she faces up to life in prison.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Ratinoff, who was not immediately available for comment Friday.
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15 Comments
What!! OMG
Wow. Sue Prideaux McNab fyi.
Wow. Sue Prideaux McNab fyi.
Is she single?
Yea, shes a “10”………..a “4” with a 6 pack
What? Get the gillitin
OMG! I went to elementary school with this girl and her twin sister! So bizarre and scary
Giselle Padilla do you remember this girl?
Ugh
Is that Lisa? Chrisoula Espinoza
Oh I just read it it’s Laura omg!! Chrisoula Espinoza
Whoooooooa!
A couple of factual errors in this story. First, it wasn’t Caroline’s residence where she was shot, it was Laura’s…or more correctly mine, since Laura rented her room from me. Second, Laura was arrested on February 14th,not the 20th. These two items are public record. It amazes me that the author of this article got these so badly wrong.
This is heartbreaking, but not shocking. Laura was one of the most deeply troubled persons I’ve ever met. I distanced myself from her years ago knowing that something like this would happen. What a waste.