Little Julian Hererra was a heartthrob singer in East L.A.’s rock and R&B music scene. But one day, he disappeared, taking with him the secrets behind his identity and his fate.
Alex Schmidt is an independent radio reporter and producer as well as a digital strategist. She is an alum of WHYY in Philadelphia, 20th Television, The New Yorker and other fine outlets. Alex currently lives in, and is a native of Los Angeles, though she has familial roots in both Mexico and Eastern Europe — much like Little Julian Herrera.
I used to go to the El Monte Legion to see Johnny Otis, Fats Damino, The Premiers and Little Julian Herrera who asked me to go out with him but I was warned by one of the Premiers not to get involved with him as he was bad news. I later heard of his arrest and read that some years later he died of a heroine overdose and his body found in Elisian Park.