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| Location of scene is 11820 Norwalk Blvd. in Norwalk |
Reporter
Los Cerritos Community News
www.LosCerritosNews.net
Monday, October 17, 2011
6 p.m. PST
Note: The address of the location is 11820 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk , CA 90650.
Norwalk, CA
For
former Marine Anthony Rodriguez and his father Joseph, Saturday morning in
their normally quiet north Norwalk neighborhood was like any other “picture
perfect” Southern California autumn day.
Anthony, who is in his mid 20’s, was taking his usual morning jog that leads him along a dirt pathway past a historical Norwalk estate that has stood the test of time for more than a century. The estate looks haunted. People in this part of "the woods" often wonder "what goes on" there.
Anthony, who is in his mid 20’s, was taking his usual morning jog that leads him along a dirt pathway past a historical Norwalk estate that has stood the test of time for more than a century. The estate looks haunted. People in this part of "the woods" often wonder "what goes on" there.
A foul odor was wafting out from behind several vines and sage bushes on the large vacant lot that rambles for acres next to Metropolitan State Hospital. This is a bedroom community with over 110,000 residents located half way between Downtown Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Rodriguez recognized the smell as that of being either a “dead dog” or “a cat.” A number of coyotes normally can be found in the area. But still, that smell was different.
When
he looked over the wired fence, he noticed decaying object was that of a woman’s
body that appeared to have been there for “a few days.” He immediately called his father on his cell
phone, and within minutes after also dialing 911 and Norwalk Sheriff’s quickly
converged on the property.
The
elder Rodriguez, told Los Cerritos Community News exclusively that the dead victim
he saw was a woman, either Latino or White, who was buried from above the
waist, with a towel partially thrown around her. He said the body had “swollen
up.” Rodriguez has lived in the area for
more than 30 plus years and has “never seen anything like this.” He also indicated that it appeared that the
woman had her “hands and arms” in a vertical position, facing towards the ground.
When
members of the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station arrive at around 10 a.m., the area was
quickly tuned into a crime scene investigation.
Neighbors
from throughout the area lined the streets to watch investigators and members
of the Coroner’s, forensic specialists, combed the vacant lot to search for
clues and to determine how the woman died, how long she had been entombed in
the field, and who was responsible, and the cause of the death.
By
Monday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives were continuing
their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman,
who has not been positively identified.
“This
doesn’t happen around this part of Norwalk,” the elder Rodriguez said.
Several
other residents along Beatty Avenue that faces to the direct west of the scene
thought differently.
“This
vacant lot has been a total,” the elder Rodriguez said.
Several
other residents along Beatty Avenue that faces to the direct west of the scene
thought differently.
“This
vacant lot has been totally creepy, and people are coming and going all hours
of the day and night around this lot,” a longtime female resident who only
wanted to be known as “Sue” told LCCN.
She also said that many truck drivers park their big rigs along this stretch
of Norwalk Boulevard “well into the night.”
By
Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of on lookers was peering over the fence and
yellow crime scene tape, wondering about the identity of the victim.
Vickie
Diaz, a resident of Santa Fe Springs said the situation and scene reminded her
of a “horror movie.”
“We
know Halloween is around the corner, this has really shocked and scared many of
us,” she said.
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