A 34-year-old Inglewood man has been charged with multiple crimes, including two counts of murder, after allegedly killing two men he met through online dating sites in separate incidents in 2021 and 2023. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges against Rockim Prowell on September 8.
According to prosecutors, Prowell met Miguel Angel King, 51, through an online dating app on July 20, 2021. After meeting King, Prowell fatally shot him and stole his car. Authorities located King’s vehicle over a week later several miles from Prowell’s residence and discovered DNA evidence inside that linked Prowell to the killing. King’s body was found nearly a month after the shooting in Angeles National Forest.
In another incident on August 21, 2023, prosecutors allege that Prowell met Robert Gutierrez, 53, about a mile from his home using another online dating site. Gutierrez’s family reported him missing two days later. Investigators arrested Prowell last week and found Gutierrez’s car in his garage along with other evidence connecting him to Gutierrez’s death. As of now, authorities have not recovered Gutierrez’s body.
Prosecutors also described an attack on a third man whom Prowell met via an online app on February 22, 2025. The victim was bound and beaten with a baseball bat but managed to escape before being chased by Prowell in a car and struck by the vehicle, resulting in a broken leg.
Prowell is currently on probation for burglaries committed between 2019 and 2021 in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles areas.
The district attorney’s office said additional charges against Prowell include one count of attempted murder, two counts each of carjacking and second-degree burglary, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
“Imagine the terror and horror these victims felt after being duped into believing they were meeting for one reason, only to face inexplicable violence,” District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said in the release. “These were predatory acts that showed a total disregard of life.”
At his September 8 arraignment, which was continued to October 16, Prowell did not enter a plea according to the district attorney’s spokesperson.
If convicted as charged, prosecutors stated that Prowell could face either the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole.
