LASD Investigates Death in Malibu: Body of Adult Woman Recovered Offshore, Identified as LAPD Missing Person
Malibu, Los Angeles County, California — Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Homicide Bureau investigators responded at 12:28 p.m. on November 7 to the 22000 block of Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Malibu to investigate the death of an adult woman, the department said in an advisory issued via Nixle on the morning of November 8. The case is handled by Lieutenant Michael Modica of the Homicide Bureau.
The woman was found deceased off the shore and her body was recovered, the advisory said. Through the initial investigation, investigators learned she was a missing person who was being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Based on the Homicide Bureau investigation coupled with the LAPD investigation, there are facts showing this may likely be a suicide, the department said. The cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office. No additional information is available at this time, and the suspect was listed as unknown.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those who prefer to provide information anonymously may call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use the "P3 Tips" mobile app, or go to the Los Angeles Crime Stoppers website.
The advisory was forwarded by the Sheriff's Information Bureau, 211 West Temple Street, Los Angeles; the department is led by Sheriff Robert G. Luna. (Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)
Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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