LAPD Detective Investigating Rape Case Involving NBA Player Found Dead of Apparent Suicide

The Los Angeles Police Department is mourning the loss of a detective who died in Whittier in an apparent suicide.“We are heartbroken about the tragic death of Detective Nadine Hernandez, a 19-year veteran of the department,” the LAPD said in a statement Wednesday. “It is a loss that touches us all in the LAPD family.”Hernandez — who was found shot in the chest at her Whittier home on Tuesday — was among several detectives working on the case involving a rape