Police: 2 women found dead in park had head wounds

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Police: 2 women found dead in park had head wounds

Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press

Updated 7:32 pm, Friday, October 30, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two young women found dead in a popular Los Angeles park appear to have died of significant head trauma, police said Friday.

Autopsies were still pending on the women and will confirm what killed them, but both had wounds to their heads significant enough that they were hard to recognize, said Lt. John Jenal, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The autopsies were expected to be done by the end of next week.

A woman walking her dog found the bodies Wednesday in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, 20 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Both were fully clothed, showed no signs of sexual assault, and are thought to have been in the park for under a week, investigators said.

One of the women was identified as 19-year-old Gabriela Calzada. Police said the other was 17 but haven't confirmed her name. The two appear to have been friends.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Police-on-high-alert-after-women-s-bodies-found-6599376.php

[denbot]

1. Horrible..

As a lifelong LA resident, the first thing that comes to mind is another damned serial killer. My daughter is the same age as one of the victims.

[pocoloco]

2. At the least, make sure her and her friends are familiar

with Gavin de Becker's "Gift of Fear". In fact everyone needs to read it,
and any other info that other DU'ers might suggest to help heighten safety
awareness!

[Nay]

3. I second the recommendation of that book, "The Gift of Fear." nt