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Mystery: Remains of missing family found in desert california LOS ANGELES (CNN) –The search is over for a California family who disappeared under mystifying circumstances three years ago. Authorities confirmed the identity of two of four sets of remains found Monday in the California desert near Victorville as those …

Read Article November 16 2013

Remains in desert are missing San Diego family: Sheriff california Humans remains found in a California desert belong to four members of the McStay family, missing since 2010, sources told NBC Los Angeles.

Read Article November 15 2013

Bones found in California desert said to be those of missing family california By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two sets of skeletal remains found buried in the California desert earlier this week have been identified as the parents in a family that vanished nearly four years ago, and the remaining bones are likely their two young sons, police said on Friday. Coroner's investigators used dental records to identify the remains of Joseph McStay, 40, and his wife ...

Read Article November 15 2013

Remains in desert may be missing Calif. family california Humans remains found in a California desert may belong to four members of the McStay family, missing since 2010, sources told NBC Los Angeles.

Read Article November 15 2013

Who is Jane Doe 52? Body remains unidentified after 3 years california On the afternoon of Sept. 10, 2010, a worker at a recycling yard in downtown Los Angeles made a grisly discovery: a severely decomposed body. But who was the woman stuffed inside a large bag? In the three years since, the search for the woman’s identity has led detectives to locate 10 other women who were previously reported missing, including a 51-year-old woman discovered hiding from a parole ...

Read Article September 12 2013

Burned Body Found Near Castaic Lake Amid Search for Missing Student california A burned male body was found Wednesday morning near Castaic Lake, authorities said. Los Angeles County Fire personnel, along with deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Station, responded to the location near Lake Hughes Road about 6 a.m. after a …

Read Article September 10 2013

Bryce Laspisa Missing: California College Student From Laguna Niguel Not Seen Since Friday [PHOTO] california The search for missing California college student Bryce Laspisa has hit a snag four days after the 19-year-old Laguna Niguel man disappeared. Laspisa crashed his SUV in Castaic, northwest of Los Angeles, Friday, and authorities found his overturned vehicle that morning. He hasn’t been seen since.

Read Article September 08 2013

Naperville Central graduate Bryce Laspisa missing near Los Angeles california Bryce Laspisa, 19, disappeared early Friday. His overturned SUV was found at a boat launch north of Los Angeles.

Read Article September 08 2013

Burned Body Discovered In Southern California May Be Missing Sierra College Student california The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department discovered a body at the scene of a small brush fire in a remote part of the county on Wednesday. It’s the same area where they were looking for Bryce after his SUV was found overturned and damaged.

Read Article September 05 2013

LAPD ID's suspect in 10-year-old girl's abduction california Investigators in Los Angeles named a 30-year-old man recently released from prison as part of a realignment program as being wanted in the case of a missing 10-year-old Northridge girl, who turned up barefoot and wounded in Woodland Hills last week.

Read Article April 10 2013

Body found in rooftop cistern at L.A. hotel where woman last seen california Los Angeles police have located a body believed to be that of a missing Vancouver woman at the hotel where she was last seen.

Read Article February 28 2013

Canadian tourist found dead in hotel water tank: Accident victim? california It's too early to determine whether missing Canadian tourist Elisa Lam, whose body was found inside a water tank atop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, was the victim of a homicide, law enforcement sources said. Officials plan to perform an...

Read Article February 26 2013

Missing Vancouver woman found dead in a Los Angeles hotel water tank california Police say the body found in a large water tank on top of a downtown Los Angeles hotel has been identified as Elisa Lam, 21-year-old Vancouver woman who went missing

Read Article February 25 2013

Body found in Los Angeles hotel water tank identified as Canadian tourist california LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A body found in a water tank on the roof of a historic Los Angeles hotel has been identified as that of a 21-year-old Canadian woman who went missing in late January, police said on Wednesday. The body, which was discovered on Tuesday morning in one of four water tanks on top of the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, has been positively identified as that of Elisa Lam ...

Read Article February 23 2013

Tourist's body found in California hotel water tank california Los Angeles — Canadian tourist Elisa Lam had been missing for about two weeks when officials at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles found her body in a water cistern on the hotel roof.

Read Article February 23 2013