Investigators To Determine Cause of Death for Woman Found in Rowland Heights Neighborhood

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

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UPDATE, Jan. 4, 5:40 p.m.: Investigators for now have deferred the cause of death for a 23-year-old woman found deceased in a parked vehicle in Rowland Heights December 28.

​ The cause of death has been deferred, pending additional investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

LOS ANGELES - An exam awaits six days after a 23-year-old woman was found dead in a vehicle parked on a Rowland Heights street December 28.

Desteny Curtis was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Social media posts claim Curtis went missing and was last seen in Hacienda Heights/Rowland Heights area Christmas Day.

Curtis was found after first responders were called to a report of a person not breathing in the 18400 block of Santar Street, according to Sgt. Davis of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Diamond Bar/Walnut Station.

Firefighters received the call around 8:42 p.m.

Curtis was officially pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m., according to coroner Public Information Officer Sarah Ardalani.