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Report No: GT/GL-181118-059250925

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Agents:

Summary: Agents investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of journalist Jazzy Ehedrika and pursued leads implicating Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) personnel in corruption, witness intimidation, and homicide. Actions included the creation of falsified FBI credentials, covert consultation with attorney Nalina Estevez, surveillance of LASD deputies, and acquisition of coroner’s reports. Estevez provided extensive testimony implicating Lieutenant John Marlin and his “Slug Squad” deputy gang in multiple murders tied to the 2015 Dondre Daycare raid and subsequent civil litigation. Agents confirmed patterns of suspicious deaths among witnesses, identified ongoing surveillance of Estevez, and narrowly avoided exposure while probing county records.

Operation Report:

Agents covertly accessed a federal badge printer, creating both legitimate-looking investigator identifications and fabricated FBI agent credentials. Data was manipulated to insert badge numbers into FBI systems, providing superficial authenticity. Badge template files were also exfiltrated for future use.
Booth and Philomena contacted attorney Nalina Estevez by phone, arranging a meeting at her office, El Puente de la Esperanza, in San Fernando Valley. Surveillance noted: multiple cameras monitoring the entrance and parking lot, a sheriff’s cruiser stationed nearby.
Inside Estevez’s office, Agents observed the location largely vacated, with packed boxes and an air mattress indicating she had been living under duress. Estevez displayed evidence of stress and ongoing surveillance, reporting near-constant observation by LASD since Ehedrika’s death.
Estevez described:
- The 2015 Dondre Daycare raid, resulting in civilian deaths and subsequent grand jury proceedings.
- The tactical narcotics unit’s reputation boosted by their capture of serial killer Franklin Dyer (“Southside Tiger”), ensuring grand jury leniency.
- Subsequent civil litigation and the emergence of witness intimidation and deaths:
  - Anise Walker (property manager secretary) – heroin overdose, 2017.
  - William Tavalin (homeless witness) – overdose, 2017.
  - Elizabeth Ray (former LAPD officer) – shot during “robbery,” 2018.
  - Jazzy Ehedrika – death staged as drug overdose, 2018.
Estevez identified Lieutenant John Marlin as founder of LASD gang “Slug Squad,” operating since ~2010. Membership allegedly numbers in the dozens (core) with sympathetic deputies in the hundreds, spanning LASD and LAPD. Activities include alibi fabrication, intimidation, murder, and asset seizure for personal gain. Marlin’s enforcer identified as Deputy Anton Gulley.
Agents escorted Estevez as she packed and departed. Surveillance confirmed the sheriff’s cruiser tailing her vehicle; Philomena successfully shadowed without detection. Estevez disengaged, leaving the area under her own initiative.
Parallel effort: McCarter, Justin, and Jay compiled witness lists using federal and open-source databases. Attempt to access LASD records triggered a countermeasure, exposing that federal systems were probing county files. Justin narrowly avoided full trace but confirmed LASD is now aware of hostile surveillance originating from the Wilshire Federal Building.
Agents visited the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office under forged documentation. They acquired reports for Walker and Tavalin, confirming deaths consistent with conventional overdoses and lacking the extreme self-mutilation seen in Ehedrika. Ehedrika’s autopsy remains pending.
Agents concluded the session by regrouping, recognizing that LASD now suspects federal investigation. Discussions considered direct interrogation or abduction of deputies as next course of action.

Analysis and Recommendations:

Operational Exposure: Agents’ badge forgeries, database intrusion, and visible contact with Estevez have compromised plausible deniability. LASD now strongly suspects federal involvement. Anticipate counterintelligence measures and retaliation.
Threat Assessment: The “Slug Squad” represents a deeply embedded paramilitary gang within LASD, structurally similar to other “deputy clique” phenomena documented in Los Angeles. If Estevez’s account is accurate, Marlin commands dozens of committed operatives with hundreds of sympathizers, constituting a parallel power structure. Comparable only to historic cases involving the “Banditos” and “Executioners,” though with higher-level impunity.
Witness Elimination Pattern: Four known witnesses connected to the Dondre raid or civil case have been eliminated via staged overdoses or killings. The methodology differs from Ehedrika’s death, suggesting introduction of unnatural factors in the latter case. Strong possibility that seized narcotics during the raid or materials linked to Franklin Dyer contained unnatural vectors.
Unnatural Vector: Ehedrika’s self-mutilation indicates external influence (substance, ritual, or artifact). Absence of similar pathology in Walker/Tavalin deaths suggests escalation or new source. Agents’ speculation regarding Dyer’s basement and recovered materials warrants further investigation. A-Cell should review recovered evidence from the Dyer case for parallels with prior unnatural containment incidents.
Recommendations:
- Immediate surveillance of Marlin and Gulley. Assess potential green box raid or abduction of deputies for interrogation.
- Secure Estevez under Program custody if possible; her departure leaves her vulnerable to targeted elimination.
- Retrieve or replicate autopsy findings on Ehedrika. Toxicology critical to determining unnatural involvement.
- Cross-reference LASD “Slug Squad” activity with cases flagged by MAJESTIC-era narcotics seizures. Unnatural contamination may explain extreme behaviors.
- Consider black budget allocation for controlled elimination of Marlin’s cadre if exposure escalates. Situation bears resemblance to Operation JAVELIN (Oakland PD 1979) and the unresolved Phoenix Asset Seizure Case.

The situation in Los Angeles represents a metastasized blend of criminal enterprise, law enforcement corruption, and potential unnatural contamination. Without immediate containment, the “Slug Squad” may entrench itself further and compromise federal oversight entirely.

Session Notes

Recap and setup (from Handler’s summary)
- The team had traced first responders to Jazz Ehedrika’s death: LASD Sgt. Freddie Sutton and Deputy Julian Saines of the Tactical Narcotics Unit (TNU).
- Sutton: older, barely passing evaluations, never on patrol—no business being first on scene.
- Saines: young, lethal, hand-picked by Lt. John Marlin; timeline suggested he’d need to be in two places at once to fit the events.
- Both were veterans of the 2015 Dondre Daycare raid.
- Agents previously broke into Ehedrika’s apartment: laptop unlocked with podcast scripts/notes pressing county supervisors to discipline TNU; phone, wallet, and keys missing, seen pocketed by deputies on the Suture Sandwiches video.
- Phone’s last ping occurred three hours after death, near the sheriff’s station.
- Working assumption: Ehedrika wasn’t merely dead—he was silenced.
- Next intended lead: contact attorney Nalina Estevez.
Overnight operation: forging credentials (Booth & team)
- Frank Booth prowled the federal building after hours to access the badge printer; succeeded in gaining entry undetected.
- Using prior photos (cleaned by Justin), the team:
  - Printed investigator cards for Philomena and Justin matching their current cover.
  - Printed FBI agent badges for Booth and Matthew McCarter for future use.
  - Brought Justin in to backstop the identities.
- Justin established a back door and inserted database rows so the badge numbers would validate on cursory checks (deeper audits would still fail).
- They exfiltrated the badge template (card layout/model) for higher-quality future forgeries.
- They did not steal the badge printer.
Morning planning and options
- Team options reviewed:
  - Contact Nalina Estevez.
  - Consider autopsy/toxicology for Ehedrika (noting Jay is a trained nurse who could follow instructions but hasn’t performed an autopsy; could identify anomalies but not perform toxicology).
  - Identify and interview eyewitnesses from the Ehedrika scene via federal databases and reverse image search.
  - Gather more on TNU officers (Sutton, Saines, others) without prematurely alerting LASD.
Call to Nalina Estevez and meeting arrangement (Booth leads; Philomena present)
- Booth phoned Nalina Estevez at El Puente de la Esperanza (strip-mall office off the 118 in the San Fernando Valley).
- Estevez was guarded and procedural; displayed significant stress.
- Booth assured intent to uncover what happened and requested an in-person meeting; Estevez agreed at her office, declined to make a formal statement, and wanted to see what the agents would share.
Arrival at Estevez’s office and initial observations
- Exterior: decommissioned RadioShack storefront; blinds drawn; laminated “Bridge of Hope” sign.
- Security: visible door camera with cloud upload, a second camera covering the lot, and a lapel camera Estevez could activate.
- Across the street: parked LASD cruiser with a deputy inside.
- Interior: office largely packed up (boxes ready to move), minimal furniture; air mattress and charger visible—she’d been sleeping on site.
Estevez’s posture and the agents’ read
- Estevez warned all interactions were on camera and cloud-backed; if anything happened to her, footage would persist.
- Booth’s read (HUMINT): beyond surveillance, Estevez felt stalked and threatened; she was anxious about speaking on the topic.
Information exchange: agents to Estevez
- Booth stated Ehedrika’s death being labeled a drug overdose was only “technically” accurate; asserted he did not choose to take the drugs.
- He described witness video (kept offline/removed) showing someone assaulting and injecting Ehedrika minutes before the self-destructive episode.
- He shared that Sutton (rarely on patrol) was on scene almost immediately and Saines was also in proximity—both tied to the Dondre case.
- Estevez pressed on intent; Booth affirmed the agents intended to bring responsible parties to justice (she questioned the FBI pursuing law enforcement; Booth remained sincere).
Information exchange: Estevez to agents (timeline & pattern)
- Reason for urgency & leaving: Since Jazz’s death, a sheriff’s vehicle had been near-constant in her vicinity; Estevez planned to leave town (would continue work remotely through trial).
- 2015 Dondre raid context:
  - TNU executed a raid on Silvio Chavez next to Dondre Daycare, resulting in the deaths of Claudette Dondre and two children.
  - Despite extensive evidence, the grand jury did not indict, aided by TNU’s later positive press for the takedown of a serial killer (see below).
  - Estevez pursued a civil suit afterward.
- Witnesses and associates who later died:
  - Anise Walker (secretary at the property manager’s office near the raid site):
    - Stated deputies never sought info before the raid; later said her boss sent a false lease to back LASD’s narrative (she assumed he was threatened; he retired to Arizona).
    - Found May 2017, dead behind a CVS; reported heroin overdose; family/friends denied any drug history; mother of two; special-ed paraprofessional.
  - William Tavalin (unhoused):
    - Told prosecutors he’d seen Dondre Daycare flyers in the neighborhood; saw LASD/LAPD removing flyers shortly after gunfire on June 2, 2015.
    - Deposed by the grand jury prosecutor but not called to testify.
    - Later found dead in a homeless camp of a drug overdose (he did have a history of drug use/arrests).
  - Elizabeth Ray (former LAPD officer in 2015):
    - Spoke with families of victims; said LASD and LAPD colluded to cover up negligence.
    - Declined to go on record; helped Estevez prep questions for officers.
    - February (this year): working night watch at Kincaid Storage Sheds in City of Industry; shot in the head in a robbery; no suspects.
- “Southside Tiger” serial-killer case (key to TNU’s positive press):
  - LAPD ran plates near the Southwest sheriff’s station, hitting on a car linked to a missing person likely taken by the Southside Tiger.
  - A second missing person, Rosario Clements, was believed alive (killer kept victims for months).
  - To avoid endangering hostages, a tactical raid was chosen.
  - The killer, Franklin Dyer, had two prisoners in his basement; both were killed before being taken down by TNU led by Marlin.
  - The capture brought favorable media, influencing the grand jury’s view of TNU.
- Lt. John Marlin & the “Slug Squad” (Estevez’s assembled background)
  - Marlin joined LASD in 2000; long stint as Men’s Central Jail corrections officer.
  - 2008: provided key alibis for high-profile officers involved in a jail riot; soon promoted into Special Enforcement Bureau training.
  - Around then, he began building a deputy gang dubbed the “Slug Squad.”
  - 2010: recruited Deputy Anton Gully at a tactical shooting course; Gully became the Slugs’ primary enforcer, amassing numerous §1983 excessive-force complaints (acquitted).
  - By 2015: Slug Squad sizable; Marlin transferred to lead TNU.
  - TNU’s asset seizure latitude served as a funding source for other activities.
  - Post-Dondre and the serial-killer press, Estevez filed the civil suit; thereafter, individuals with potentially damaging information began dying.
  - Estevez’s estimate: hundreds willing to do favors/cover for Marlin across LASD/LAPD; dozens “signed on” (core loyalty), mostly within LASD.
  - Functions described: provide alibis, hide evidence, and cover for each other. No “smoking gun” in hand; sources are off the record and fearful.
Estevez’s decision and immediate actions
- Convinced by risk, Estevez chose to accelerate departure, cancel appointments, and load out immediately.
- Requested the agents watch the lot for ~one hour while she packed her car; agents agreed.
- She removed the sign, carted boxes to her car (trunk/back seat), and drove off.
Tailing operation
- An LASD cruiser executed a U-turn and left in the same direction soon after Estevez departed.
- Philomena conducted the tail with professional skill, maintaining distance.
- After freeway and surface-street driving (~an hour), the cruiser ultimately returned to a sheriff’s station.
- Estevez was no longer in view during the tail; no confrontation occurred.
Research push at the Wilshire Federal Building
- Justin (with McCarter and Jay) compiled a list of eight likely eyewitnesses from the Ehedrika scene using names, facial matches, and online sources; gathered emails/phone numbers.
- Justin then attempted to pull county records via a compromised sheriff’s account:
  - The attempt triggered modifications on the account that logged connection details; the intrusion was detected.
  - Luck mitigated exposure: he disconnected and scrubbed enough that only the federal building (not the specific machine/office) was implicated.
  - Conclusion: LASD now has reason to believe a federal entity is snooping.
Coroner’s office visit (late afternoon)
- The team visited during business hours’ tail end with forged but plausible paperwork (overdose data/statistics) to justify access to closed cases.
- Clerk provided one-sheet reports and autopsy photos for:
  - William Tavalin — conventional overdose presentation; no unusual injuries.
  - Anise Walker — overdose (heroin, likely fentanyl-laced per discussion); no unusual injuries.
- For Jazz Ehedrika:
  - Case not closed; autopsy pending; photos unavailable.
- Reports indicated different medical examiners handled the prior two cases (names present on documents; not recorded here).
- Takeaway: the two earlier overdose cases did not exhibit self-mutilation or extraordinary trauma akin to Ehedrika’s death scene.
Strategic discussion and next steps (no actions taken yet)
- Witness canvassing plan noted (expected to take days to contact/meet).
- Recognized heightened risk: LASD now aware of federal interest (federal plates observed with Estevez + database tripwire).
- Considered direct approaches to LASD deputies (including coercive capture) versus progressing with witness interviews.
- Acknowledged possibility of consulting/pressuring medical examiners directly for candid answers.
- Brief mention of an occult text in the team’s possession (English notes available; Booth currently has it); spells discussed conceptually (e.g., healing, suggestion), but no spell use attempted.
Session endpoint
- With Estevez safely on the move, the cruiser back at a station, two prior overdose cases reviewed, a witness list compiled, and LASD alerted to federal probing, the team paused to plan their next moves under time pressure.

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Estevez Interview and Witness Canvassing - Sun, Nov 18, 2018

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