Irvine

Body Tentatively Identified: A woman whose nude body was found by a Realtor in a house listed for sale was tentatively identified Thursday as the 18-year-old daughter of the home’s owner, police anounced. The bludgeoned body of Janelle Lisa Cruz was found Monday in her mother’s home at 13 Encina, in the Northwood area of Irvine, said Irvine Police Lt. Mike White. An autopsy showed that she died as a result of blunt trauma to the head, White said. Identification was delayed because the victim’s mother--whose name White did not release--was in Mexico at the time of the murder. Police need the young woman’s dental records to make a final identification of the body, White said. The murder investigation is continuing.