Azusa Death Investigation Related To Missing Arcadia Woman

PHOTO/Courtesy of the Arcadia Police Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

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AZUSA - The discovery of a dead adult female in Azusa Sunday morning is related to a woman missing from Arcadia, an Arcadia Police lieutenant said.

Wenna Chen, 54, was found deceased inside her vehicle after it was transported to a tow yard in the 1000 block of West Kirkwall Road in Azusa, according to Lt. Tom Cullen of the Arcadia Police Department.

Chen’s vehicle, a silver 2007 Mercedes C280, was found Sunday, November 24 in the Gold Line Arcadia Station parking structure, 73 E. Santa Clara St., according to Arcadia Police Detective Sergeant Brett Bourgeous.

“I don’t have the details on how she got in there, but based on what they found they determined it was a suicide,” Cullen said. "It’s odd, but that’s what they determined.”

Chen was last seen November 21 around 8:30 a.m. and failed to show for work the following day. Her family reported her missing November 22, Arcadia Police said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau was initially summoned to take over the investigation, but it has since gone back to Arcadia Police detectives, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Anyone with information on the Chen’s death is urged to call the Arcadia Police Department at 626-574-5151. Information can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).