Woman’s Burned Body is Found
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Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies Saturday were investigating the death of a woman whose burned body was found on the side of a road near Castaic.
Deputy Benita Hinojos said the body of the woman, who was not identified, was found by a passerby at 7:30 a.m. in the 35300 block of Ridge Route Road. The body was lying beside a car.
Coroner’s investigators were trying to determine the cause of death, Hinojos said.
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