{"id":70988,"date":"2016-03-29T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70988"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:10:15","slug":"body-found-near-freeway-offramp-foul-play-not-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/29\/body-found-near-freeway-offramp-foul-play-not-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found near freeway offramp, foul play not suspected [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The call about the grisly discovery near the 20th Street West offramp, was received about 10:35 p.m. Monday, March 28, at the Lancaster sheriff’s station. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER – A woman’s body was found Monday night near the northbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Lancaster, but the death does not appear to be suspicious, a sheriff’s lieutenant said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The body was discovered near the 20th Street West offramp and was reported to the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station at about 10:35 p.m. Monday, March 28, according to sheriff’s Lt. Justin Diaz.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Investigators
Investigators search a makeshift tent in the area where the body was found. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cThe body was found in the bushes around that area,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cIt appears the woman was a transient. And right now, it doesn’t appear her death involved either foul play or a crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Diaz said his station was notified about the body by the California Highway Patrol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, according to the sheriff\u2019s department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her name is being withheld pending notification of kin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATED 4-11-16<\/span>: As of Monday, April 11, the woman\u2019s name was still being withheld pending next of kin notification, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. She was listed as a\u00a0Caucasian\u00a0female in her 40s and the autopsy was still in progress, Winter said, adding that the woman’s cause of death was \u201cdeferred pending additional tests.\u201d We will continue to follow this story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATED 8-10-16<\/span>: The deceased has been identified as 46-year-old Jeanette Francine Luce of Lancaster, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. Luce was believed to be a transient, Winter said. As of Aug. 10, 2016, Luce\u2019s cause of death was still listed as \u201cdeferred pending additional tests,\u201d Winter said, adding that the toxicology test results had not yet come back. We will continue to follow this story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – A woman’s body was found Monday night near the northbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Lancaster, but the death does not appear to be suspicious, a sheriff’s lieutenant said. The body was discovered near the 20th Street West offramp and was reported to the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station at about 10:35 p.m. Monday, March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":70990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}