Woman's Dismembered Body Found In Lancaster,Ca
Oct 7, 2007 1:28 am US/Pacific Woman's Dismembered Body Found In Lancaster (CBS) LANCASTER, Calif. The dismembered body of an unidentified woman was found Saturday outside Lancaster, a sheriff's deputy said. The body parts were found near 20th Street West and Avenue G, northwest of the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, shortly before 11 a.m., said Deputy Luis Castro. The badly decomposed and dismembered body was discovered by a man collecting cans in the area. The body was so badly decomposed that authorities could not determine the age or race of the woman, who had dark hair, according to news reports. The sheriff's department used dogs to search the area and found more human remains, but authorities will not say exactly what was found. Homicide detectives were investigating the death, although it was unclear how the woman died, and wild animals may have been partly responsible for the condition of the body, authorities said. An autopsy will be performed in the next few days. http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_279170424.html

Oct 8, 2007 2:48 pm US/Pacific Autopsy 'Inconclusive' On Death Of Lancaster Woman (CBS) LANCASTER, Calif. An autopsy conducted on the dismembered body of a woman found on a vacant lot outside Lancaster was "inconclusive" on the cause of death, authorities said Monday. The decomposing remains were found by a man collecting cans near 20th Street West and Avenue G, northwest of the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, just before 11 a.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported. "Detectives have learned that an autopsy report by the Los Angeles County Office of the Coroner was inconclusive as to the cause of death," said Deputy Tony Moore of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. The remains were "mummified," said coroner's Lt. John Kades. More tests will have to be conducted by the coroner's office to determine the cause of death, Moore said. The name of the woman was withheld, pending notification of next of kin, Moore said. http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_281174826.html