California police identify woman whose body was found bound with wire in burning trash bin
By APSunday, October 11, 2009
Calif. police identify woman found in trash bin
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — Police have identified a woman whose body was found bound with wire in a burning trash bin in Los Angeles County.
Authorities say 21-year-old Stephanie Almanzan of Whittier was identified through dental records.
Almanzan was discovered Tuesday in Santa Fe Springs, a suburb south of Los Angeles. Her hands and feet were bound with electrical wire.
Firefighters found her burned body after they doused a blaze in the trash bin in a parking lot near the Interstate 5 freeway. Investigators say there are no suspects.
A vigil is planned for Sunday night at the site where the body was discovered.
Santa Fe Springs is 13 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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