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ALTHOUGH LIFE-SAVING MEASURES WERE CONDUCTED, A 36 YEAR-OLD SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON INMATE (WHO WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CELL), HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD. HE WAS SERVING A 36 YEAR SENTENCE, FOR KILLING SOMEONE IN SAN BERNADINO COUNTY. HIS DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED SATURDAY, AFTER BEING PINNED UNDERNEATH A TRACTOR IN SALINAS, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ZENAIDO PEREZ-LOPEZ SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES IN THE 8:18 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING ACCIDENT, THAT OCCURRED IN A FIELD NEAR COOPER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 183.
THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CORONER PLANS TO CONDUCT AN AUTOPSY ON A WOMAN’S BODY (THAT WAS FOUND NEAR HIGHWAY 1 NORTH OF DAVENPORT FRIDAY AFTERNOON). THERE WERE APPARENTLY NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE WOMAN. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HER IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
A NORTH SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS KILLED THIS AFTERNOON, AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN AIRLIFTED TO AN OUT-OF-COUNTY TRAUMA CENTER, AFTER THE 2 WERE SHOT THIS AFTERNOON IN SALINAS. THE 3:20 P.M. SHOOTING OCCURRED ON THE 200 BLOCK OF MARYAL DRIVE JUST NORTH OF EAST LAUREL DRIVE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
An autopsy was conducted today after a body was found inside the trunk of a torched vehicle in rural South Monterey County yesterday. Firefighters responded to a report of a car fire last night in the area of Priest Valley off Highway 198 between San Lucas and Coalinga and found the remains of a woman’s body in the trunk. Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies are said to be treating this case as a homicide.