Woman's burned body found in a Dumpster in Santa Fe Springs [Updated]

A woman's burned body was found in a Dumpster near Interstate 5 in Santa Fe Springs just after midnight today, police said.

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in the Dumpster behind a business in the 13100 block of Firestone Boulevard found the charred remains of a human body, according to a Whittier Police Department news release.

Police were called to the scene and found what appeared to be a badly burned woman's body that had been bound at the hands and feet. The case is being investigated as a homicide, and police have no suspects yet.

[Updated at 8:20 a.m.: Her hands and feet appeared to have been tied with some kind of extension cord or lamp cord, said Whittier Police Officer Jason Zuhlke. The trash bin where her body was found was behind a furniture store, and she was so badly burned her age could not be immediately determined. The coroner’s office will work to identify the body, he said.]

[Updated at noon: Whittier police and L.A. County coroner's investigators said the victim has two tattoos. One is a butterfly on her left shoulder; the second is the name "DAVID" on the right shoulder, next to the shoulder blade]

Detectives ask anyone with information to call the Whittier Police Department at (562) 945-8250.

-- Tony Barboza

More breaking news in L.A. Now:

Mel Gibson's 2006 drunk driving conviction expunged [Updated]

Swiss refuse bail for Roman Polanski

84-year-old woman and her dog killed by hit-and-run driver in Montebello

More than 3,000 additional slot machines coming to California casinos

Comments

[Rossie]

this is such a tragic story.

[baks]

ehh

[Olden Atwoody]

The sentence should follow the way the murdered the victim. We can only hope she was dead before these savages burned her.

[Alice]

The amount of sexual offenders in that area is ridiculous. There are alot of offenders living at the same address according to Megans Law website.

[Mike L]

I really hope she had passed before whoever left her to burn, such sad sick people. My thoughts go out to her family and hopefully the police catch whom ever did this terrible act.

[Helena]

If anyone has any information - PLEASE report it. No one deserves this type of treatment, give this woman peace that she was denied in death. Matthew 5:4

[2 cents]

"ouch, don't hurt me with that IV - it's cruel"
not a hope that the monster(s) responsible will pay enough for this

[Lu]

I received word yesterday the the tattoo's on this girls body match those of a friends daughter, I was in shock when I heard the news. They are waiting on dental records to confirm that it is my friends daughter but based on the fact that the tattoo's match they're certain they know the identity.

[Frances De Gama]

I dont understand why this isnt everyday on the news? When this happened to that unknown model in buena Park, she was on the television for a week, an that girl that murdered in hollywood, what is up with this disqualification of different murders? What? is it?? Why? is one person more important than another? why??

[Frances De Gama]

Put this on the television news for a week an lets see what happens, like those other girls were put on the television for a week an their murderers were found very quickly.