September 8, 2025: Inglewood Man Charged With Killing Two Men, Trying to Kill Another After Meeting Them on Online Dating App

LOS ANGELES - A 34-year-old man was charged today with murdering two men and attempting to kill another after meeting the victims via an online dating app.

"Imagine the terror and horror these victims felt after being duped into believing they were meeting for one reason, only to face inexplicable violence," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "These were predatory acts that showed a total disregard of life. This suspect has now been stopped in his tracks because of the diligent and tenacious work done by investigators at both the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department."

Rockim Prowell (dob 12/18/90) of Inglewood was charged in case 25CJCF05804 with two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders. He also faces one count of attempted murder, two counts each of carjacking and second-degree burglary and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.

Prowell is expected to be arraigned today in Department 30 of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

On July 20, 2021, Miguel Angel King, 51, met up with Prowell after the two men talked on an online dating app. Prowell is accused of fatally shooting the victim and stealing his car. King's vehicle was found more than a week later several miles from Prowell's home. Forensic evidence recovered from the vehicle linked Prowell to the slaying.

King's remains were found on Aug. 14, 2021, in the Angeles National Forest.

On Aug. 21, 2023, Robert Gutierrez, 53, and Prowell agreed to meet at a location about a mile from Prowell's home. Both men had interacted on the same online dating site.

Two days later, Gutierrez's family reported him missing. His body has still not been located. When investigators arrested Prowell last week, they found Gutierrez's car in the defendant's garage. Additional evidence linked Prowell to the killing of Gutierrez.

On Feb. 22, 2025, a 40-year-old man and Prowell connected on the same online dating app and met about four miles from where Prowell lived.

Prowell allegedly bound the victim, stole his wallet and beat him with a baseball bat. The victim managed to escape but Prowell chased the man in a vehicle, striking him and breaking his leg.

Prowell is currently on probation in two separate cases for a series of burglaries he committed in the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles areas between 2019 and 2021.

If convicted as charged, Prowell faces death or life in state prison without the possibility of parole. A decision on whether to seek the death penalty will be made a later date.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney John Lewin of the Cold Case Unit of the Major Crimes Division and remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau.

The charges filed in this case are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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