DETECTIVES AT LOSS FOR CLUES IN PALMDALE WOMAN'S DEATH.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Sheriff's homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. detectives said they have left no stone unturned while searching for the killer of a young Palmdale woman whose body was found dumped near Domenic Massari Park, but they have had no luck. ``We tried all of our leads, but we're not getting too far,'' said sheriff's homicide Detective Cheryl Lyons. ``We have no eye witnesses, no physical evidence.'' Passers-by found 29-year-old Elaine Quintana's partially nude body March 8 on a dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n extending off Avenue R near 55th Street East. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. . Investigators believe her body was dumped only minutes before it was found, because the road is traveled frequently by residents of a nearby mobile home park. While officials say they have not closed the case, they are not actively working it and have their own speculations Speculations is an online resource for writers who wish to break into or increase their presence within the science fiction, fantasy, or other speculative fiction subgenres. Speculations has been a Hugo Award nominee seven times. The website is maintained by Kent Brewster. of what might have happened. ``This is either a guy she was getting a ride with or someone she was turning a trick with,'' Lyons said. ``Elaine was a prostitute prostitute n. a person who receives payment for sexual intercourse or other sexual acts, generally as a regular occupation. Although usually a prostitute refers to a woman offering sexual favors to men, male prostitutes may perform homosexual acts for money or and a drug addict Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. . It puts her at a high risk of being a victim.'' For weeks after Quintana's body was found, Lyons and her partner interviewed friends and family who offered possible clues and information on the whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. of Quintana, the mother of five, prior to her death. The detectives have conducted dozens of interviews with anyone they suspect may know something about the case or Quintana. So far, however, their investigation has turned up dry. ``If we get anything to work, we'll work it,'' Lyons said. ``But right now we don't have much to go on.'' Hoping that a past case may lend a clue to Quintana's death, sheriff's detectives had a crime analyst pull 32 assault cases from October to the present, and then picked out the sexual assault cases to look for anything that might be connected to Quintana's slaying. ``We couldn't find anything that meets the same criteria,'' Lyons said. ``It wasn't the help we wanted it to be.'' Quintana's body was found the evening of March 8 on a dirt extension of Avenue R near Rockie Lane by people leaving a mobile home park. The body was dumped in the middle of the road, as if the killer didn't realize the road was traveled frequently by the park's tenants, detectives said. Where Quintana - approximately 4 foot 9 and 100 pounds, with long hair that had been dyed dye n. 1. A substance used to color materials. Also called dyestuff. 2. A color imparted by dyeing. v. dyed, dye·ing, dyes v.tr. red - encountered her killer is not known. She was last seen leaving her apartment at Avenue Q-4 and 10th Street East about 6 p.m., two hours before her body was found. |
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