Investigators have found the car belonging to a 19-year-old woman whose dismembered body was found earlier this week on Interstate 5 in Sun Valley, but they are still trying to determine how she was killed.
The body of Trisha Jane Robertson was found Wednesday night on the southbound freeway near the Laurel Canyon overpass. Callers initially reported the body as an animal on the freeway, but when authorities arrived, they determined the remains were those of a human.
Robertson had been struck several times, but it was unclear if her body fell from the overpass or from a vehicle or if she was hit as she walked on the freeway, authorities said.
Investigators discovered her car Thursday night a few blocks from Laurel Canyon Boulevard, said CHP Officer Ming Hsu.
“We’re still trying to determine why she was there and what exactly happened,” Hsu said.
A toxicology report was pending, said Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
— Amina Khan