CANOGA PARK : Residents Find Car of Slain Salvadorans
A car owned by two slain Salvadoran brothers, whose bodies were found last week in the Santa Monica Mountains, was found Wednesday parked along a Canoga Park street, authorities said.
Deputy Rich Erickson of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau said residents in the 24000 block of Hamlin Street called the Los Angeles Police Department about the 1981 brown, two-door, Chevrolet Chevette. They told police the car had been parked there since Sunday.
Police had been searching for the car in connection with the slayings of Luis Molina, 19 and his brother Mauricio, 23, who were found along the Backbone Trail near a popular swimming hole. The brothers were each shot once in the head; one of them was also shot in the back.
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