Body Identified as That of Missing Girl, 13

The body of a teen-age girl found in Acton has been identified as that of 13-year-old Nicole Michelle Beck, who disappeared from her Palmdale home last month, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday.

Beck, whose body was found on Angeles Forest Highway near Aliso Canyon Road on June 8, was identified through dental records, Deputy Mary Landreth said.

The cause of death had not been determined, but homicide is suspected, Landreth said.

Beck was last seen May 11 at 11:30 a.m. in the mobile home park where she lived. Beck had run away on three prior occasions but had always returned the next morning, Landreth said. When the teen-ager did not return on the morning of May 12, her family reported her missing, Landreth said.

There are no suspects in her death, Landreth said.