SANTA CLARITA : Search of Canyon for Missing Woman Fails
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators unsuccessfully searched a dusty Santa Clarita canyon Tuesday for the body of a Newhall woman missing since April, 1991, and the detective on the case said he believes the woman’s husband killed his wife after she filed for divorce.
But Darryl Mounger, an attorney representing John Racz, said Detective Louie Danoff’s investigation into the disappearance of Ann Racz is a personal crusade based on suspicion and supposition.
Racz, who has not been charged or arrested, has told investigators that Ann Racz is away on a long trip.
Crews dug near Soledad Canyon and Spring Canyon roads, searching for skeletal remains or clothing at six sites identified as suspicious, including mounds of dirt or depressions in the ground. The searchers were led to the area by two psychics two weeks ago.
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