Body Found In Trunk Still Not Identified
Body May Be Los Angeles Woman Missing For One Week
POSTED: 3:12 pm PDT July 15,
2004
UPDATED: 4:14 pm PDT July 16,
2004
SAN DIEGO -- A missing Los Angeles-area woman's luxury sedan turned up on a downtown San Diego curbside Thursday, and investigators found a corpse in the trunk, police reported.
San Diego Police Department personnel found Julia "Deede" Buchanan Keller's silver 1999 Mercedes-Benz E320 parked next to an expired meter at 11th Avenue and Broadway in the East Village district about 12:30 p.m., a dispatcher said.
They then found a dead person stuffed in the luggage compartment and called in homicide detectives. It was not immediately clear if the body was that of the 55-year-old El Segundo woman.An autopsy will be done to try to establish the identity of the dead person, and the cause of death, authorities said.Keller was last seen about 11:30 p.m. last Thursday at her home, according to El Segundo police.Police found her purse in the house and the television on. There were no signs of forced entry.Family, friends and co-workers of the Shorewood Realtors agent held a candlelight vigil at Library Park in El Segundo last night, praying for her safe return.Investigators said they had no suspect in her disappearance.On Tuesday, Keller's employer offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
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