The Los Angeles County coroner’s office took a step Friday toward unraveling the mystery surrounding a dead girl when it completed an autopsy of the child, whose bent body was stuffed into a duffel bag and dumped on an equestrian trail.
But Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives aren’t making public how the girl died before she was left on a Hacienda Heights trail, sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said Friday. The coroner’s findings have been sealed at the request of detectives, who are continuing to seek the girl’s identity, a spokeswoman for the office said.With no obvious signs of trauma, an autopsy and other tests are expected to provide an explanation for the girl’s death.
“It absolutely breaks my heart. I have a beautiful princess at home,” said Valerie Wilson, one of many neighbors and strangers who have been affected emotionally by the victim’s enigmatic story. “We just wanted to come and pay our respects. We live close in the community and we just cannot get over it. We pray for her soul and we are sure she is in a great place now: No pain. No suffering.”
Several sources said investigators are also seeking forensic evidence including any other person’s DNA from the clothes and bag that could identify who dumped the child’s body. Such DNA could be run through the state DNA database for a match or even a familial match. They are also seeking camera footage from nearby shopping areas.
“It’s a sad moment for the department, for the community, and we’re going to do our best to figure out” what happened to the girl, Villanueva said Wednesday as he stood next to a sketch of the child. The dead girl was found wearing black and white loungewear pants with pandas, in addition to the pink shirt, but no shoes.
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