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Woman whose body was pulled from Santa Ana River is identified as a mother of two

A woman whose body was pulled from the Santa Ana River on New Year’s Day was identified as a mother of two from Tustin. She may have been unhoused at the time of her death.

Altadena, CA - January 04, 2026: Altadena residents, Jeffrey Ku, 53, left, and Cheryll Ku, 51, right, take a selfie at the finish after running the "Altadena Forever Run," one year after the Eaton wildfires on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 in Altadena, CA. Nearly 2,000 runners participated in the 1k, 5k, and 10k, "Altadena Forever Run," hosted by the The Altadena Sheriff's Station. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

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CHIBA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 26: An attendee plays the Monster Hunter Wilds video game on the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro console during the Tokyo Game Show 2024 at Makuhari Messe on September 26, 2024 in Chiba, Japan. The gaming exhibition is one of the world's largest and will be held through September 29th. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 03: Downtown was wet again on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 as another storm passed through the Southland. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES-CA-NOVEMBER 4, 2020: Guerrilla Tacos in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 4, 2020. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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SANTA BARBARA, CA - DECEMBER 3, 2025 -- California State Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limon answers a question during an interview at her office in Santa Barbara on December 3, 2025. Sen. Limon, the first Latina California Senate President, was born and raised in Santa Barbara. She represents the 21st Senate District which includes Santa Barbara, Ventura County and a portion of San Luis Obispo County. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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The remembrance will be held at the Village Pointe complex (17171 Roscoe Blvd. Northridge, CA 91325) where the fatal shooting took place in the final hour of Dec. 31, 2025.

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CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 10: A demonstrator waves an American-Mexican flag near National Guard members and federal agents blocking protestors during an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025 near Camarillo, California. Ana said she knows some of those detained and their families. Protestors stood off with federal agents for hours outside the farm in the farmworker community in Ventura County. A Los Angeles federal judge is set to rule Friday on a temporary restraining order which would restrict area immigration enforcement operations. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Torrance, CA - December 04: A view of a hacked up blue agave plant, part of the front yard landscaping at a Torrance home. At least a handful of Torrance residents have had their front yard blue agave plants hacked up over the last month in early-morning raids. Assailants have chopped up and stolen dozens of waxy, green spikey leaves, leaving residents wondering why their plants have been targeted. Photo taken in Torrance Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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ME.Dahlia/reporters.1016.7.Fowler, left(with hat), was the first reporter to arrive at the scene of LA's most famous unsolved killing, The Black Dahlia killing, on Ave., between 39th and Coliseum Streets, where the dismembered body of Elizabeth Short was found on Jan. 16, 1947. Photo Credit: RLOliver/Los Angeles Times
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Boster, Mark -- - LOS ANGELES,CA.,JUNE 9, 2009: Veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus,49, appears at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for her arraignment on murder charges June 9, 2009. Lazarus is charged with the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

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(Original Caption) Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham, 31, mother of three, who is doomed to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 am tomorrow for the 1953 murder of Mrs. Mabel Monohan, 62, of Burbank, California. A car brought her to San Quentin from the Corona, California prison. Two men convicted with her, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins, will be executed a few hours later in the same gas chamber.

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