On the evening of December 8, 2024, at about 8:42 p.m., Anaheim Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 2000 block of South Margie Lane, a residential street near Disneyland Resort. Officers found 25-year-old Anaheim resident Kenneth Wayne Swets unresponsive inside a parked vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene after Orange County Fire Authority paramedics attended to him.

Anaheim homicide detectives identified two suspects during their investigation and those individuals were arrested on December 11, 2024. Authorities arrested 41-year-old Corona resident Rashaadd Eugene Royal and 51-year-old Moreno Valley resident Jennifer Camacho Mandap; both have been charged with murder in Swets’ death, and Royal faces an additional sentencing enhancement for discharge of a firearm causing death. Investigators say Royal was acquainted with the victim but have not disclosed a motive; they also report there are no outstanding suspects.

Anyone with information about Kenneth Swets or the circumstances of his killing is asked to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS. What information can readers share that might help clarify why this happened?