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Wednesday December 27th, 2017 :: 03:01 p.m. PST

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*2nd Update* #LASD Homicide Bureau IDs Stabbing Victim from Angeles Crest HWY mile marker 30.45, Angeles Natl Forest

Homicide investigators are continuing their investigation, into the stabbing death, of a female Hispanic adult.  The Victim has been identified as 21 year old Raylynn J. Hernandez.  Her body was discovered Sunday afternoon, December 24, 2017, at approximately 1:30 PM, by a hiker who saw the victim on a hillside just off of the Angeles Crest Highway approximately four miles north of La Canada.

The investigation is ongoing and there is no additional information available at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google Play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org

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Joana Warren, Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
 
**2ND update***
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Homicide investigators are continuing their investigation into the stabbing death of a female Hispanic adult.  The victim was discovered Sunday afternoon, December 24, 2017, at approximately 1:30 PM, by a hiker who saw the victim on a hillside just off of the Angeles Crest Highway approximately four miles north of La Canada.
 
The victim, who appeared to be suffering from multiple stab wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The victim appeared to have been dumped off a steep hillside just off the road. 


Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google Play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
 
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Charles Moore, Deputy
@LASDmoore
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
 

Original press release is as follows:
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DATE:  Sunday, December 24, 2017
 
TIME:   Approximately 1:30 PM
 
LOCATION:  Angeles Crest Highway, mile marker 30.45, Angeles National Forest
 
VICTIM:  Adult Female Hispanic  
 
SUSPECT(S):  Unknown
 
UNIT:  LASD Homicide – Lt. Corina
 
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are responding to the Angeles Crest Highway, mile marker 30.45, Angeles National Forest, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death of an adult female Hispanic.
 
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
 
The investigation is ongoing and there is no additional information available at this time.
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
 
Authored by:
Wally Bracks, Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
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