SOUTHLAND : Cypress Girl’s Death Is Probed
Los Angeles County sheriff’s authorities said today they suspect foul play in the death of a 16-year-old Cypress girl whose body was found covered with pine needles hours after she had been reported missing by her parents.
The fully clothed body of Zuleima Valdez was discovered at 5:45 p.m. Monday by two teen-agers riding bicycles on the east side of the Coyote Creek flood control channel bike path, Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Wahla said.
There were no visible signs of trauma to the body, Wahla said, and no further details will be available until an autopsy is completed this week.
The teen-ager was last seen at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, when she left her home with a friend to go to the beach.
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