Prominent Local Leader and Wife Dead After Apparent Murder-Suicide in Los Angeles
Published on April 24, 2026.
Jeremy Ferguson and his wife, Mandy Zelinka, were found dead at their Venice home on April 21. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide. Ferguson had previously served as the mayor of Milwaukie, Ore., and worked with TriMet, the Portland region's transit agency, for 17 years. Prior to his death, Ferguson was a director of operations for the nonprofit organization Downtown Santa Monica Inc. He also oversaw the redesign of Santa Monica's annual holiday ice-skating rink and served on the board of the Santa Monica History Museum. The couple's two teenage children were at their home at the time of the incident.
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