Yolanda Contreras, 41

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The body of Yolanda Contreras, a 41-year-old Latina woman, was found inside a burning vehicle in the 300 block of Francisco Street in Carson at about 6 a.m. Friday Jan. 11. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the body , and called in paramedics, who pronounced her dead at 6:03 a.m. According to coroner’s records, Contreras died from blunt force trauma to the face before she was burned.