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Saying goodbye to a lost daughter

Jodi Estepp heads into the Anaheim Lodge, where her daughter, Jarrae, had checked in shortly before being found dead at a trash-sorting facility.

Jodi Estepp heads into the Anaheim Lodge, where her daughter, Jarrae, had checked in shortly before being found dead at a trash-sorting facility.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Jodi Estepp made a pilgrimage to the Anaheim Lodge, Room 217. Was this the last place her daughter, Jarrae Nykkole Estepp, slept?

Jarrae's motel room

Jodi Estepp takes in her daughter’s last known residence.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Sorrow

On the motel steps, Jodi Estepp breaks down, as friend Joe Cipponeri tries to console her.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Waiting

Jodi Estepp, left, and her friend Kathy Bridges wait for an Anaheim police press conference about Jarrae’s slaying and the presumed killings of three other women.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Where Jarrae was found

Jodi Estepp stands at the gate of a trash-sorting facility in Anaheim where her daughter’s body was found on a conveyor belt.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Jarrae Nykkole Estepp

A photo of Jarrae Nykkole Estepp, 21, far right, is displayed at a news conference by the Anaheim Police Department in 2014.

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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