Valley Center
The San Diego County coroner’s office has not yet identified the body of a nude woman found in a ravine near Valley Center Road.
Two horseback riders discovered the body at 6:15 p.m. Monday on a fire road off the 31500 block of Valley Center Road. She was 20 to 40 years old, 5-foot-6, 120 pounds, with light brown shoulder-length hair. Several teeth were missing and she had been dead for three to four days, according to a sheriff’s deputy.
The cause of death was unknown, and sheriff’s detectives are investigating.
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