Body of missing woman is found
The body of a 58-year-old woman missing since last week was found Tuesday morning alongside a desert road in the Mojave National Preserve, authorities said
Luisa Aguilar Ventura was reported missing by relatives in Pomona on Nov. 17 after she failed to arrive in Madera, north of Fresno, with her 18-year-old grandson, Arturo Hernandez. Ventura last spoke to her family when the two left Las Vegas at 6 p.m. Nov. 16.
The incident is being investigated by homicide detectives but so far has not been ruled a homicide, said Arden Wiltshire, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities were searching for Hernandez.
“We don’t even know if he’s aware that she died,” Wiltshire said of Ventura’s grandson, adding that there were no signs of trauma on her body.
A passing driver discovered Ventura’s body along the north side of Cima Road.
Ventura and Hernandez were traveling in a gray 2002 Toyota Tacoma, license plate 6Y27079. Authorities were searching for the pickup truck.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s homicide division at (909) 387-3589.
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