Murder Inquiry Started After Cal State Student’s Body Found

The body of a Cal State Fullerton geology student who had been missing since Thursday was found Monday in Riverside County, and the case is being investigated as a homicide, officials said.

Steven Bradley English, 27, of Irvine was found about 100 yards east of Temescal Canyon Road, apparently killed by a gunshot, Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Greg Corrigan said.

English was last seen in Irvine by his girlfriend Thursday, according to his roommate, who did not give his name. He said he had last seen English Tuesday and did not know what he might have been doing in Riverside County.

The roommate said English was an undergraduate student at Cal State and also worked for a geology firm.

Sheriff’s deputies found English’s car Saturday on Temescal Canyon Road, about a mile north of Indian Truck Trail, Corrigan said. When they saw that the locked car was still there Sunday, they began investigating and started searching Monday.