ANTIOCH — After a lady’s physique was discovered burning on a public path early Monday, investigators stated they had been asking for the general public’s assist figuring out the particular person after an post-mortem Tuesday revealed restricted data, authorities stated.
On Monday afternoon, police stated a resident known as at 5:36 a.m. a couple of small hearth seen on Molekumne path north of Lopez Drive.
When Contra Costa firefighters responded to the 2100 block of Lopez and reached the path east of Gentrytown Drive, they discovered a sufferer on hearth and known as for Antioch police, who joined hearth district arson investigators. The sufferer was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Her physique was transferred to Contra Costa Sheriff’s Workplace coroner’s division workers, who carried out an post-mortem.
“Sadly, because of the severity of her sustained burns, we're having problem figuring out her,” police stated in an announcement Tuesday night. After the post-mortem, investigators realized that the girl had died earlier than firefighters discovered her on the path, police stated.
Investigators stated they imagine the sufferer is of African American descent, below 30 years outdated, and about 5-foot-6 with unknown weight. She was sporting a hoop on her proper ring finger, and a metallic necklace with a pendant bearing the letter “Ok,” however investigators say different letters might have been on the necklace.
“Furthermore, the sufferer had intensive dental work completed up to now, together with three lacking left decrease molars and a particular hole between her high entrance center enamel,” police stated.
The murder is the eighth one investigated by Antioch police in 2022, following the deadly taking pictures of an 18-year-old present in an house car parking zone final week. Police haven't introduced any arrests or recognized any suspects publicly.
Anybody with data could name the division non-emergency line at 925-778-2441, or Antioch police Det. Invoice Whitaker at 925-779-6890 or e-mail him at wwhitaker@antiochca.gov, or text-a-tip to 274637 (CRIMES) utilizing the important thing phrase ANTIOCH.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.