Who Was The Tiny Girl Stuffed In A Bag And Dumped Off An LA Road?

LOS ANGELES, CA — Police still don't know much about the little girl whose body was found dumped from a roadway in Hacienda Heights Tuesday.

They know she was tiny - 4'5" and just 55 pounds. And they know she was wearing a pink t-shirt, proclaiming her to be a "Future Princess Hero." She was probably between 8 and 13-years-old. But how she died and who dumped her body remain a troubling mystery. Now detectives hope someone will come forward with information about the child.

"It’s a sad moment for the department for our community," Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a press conference Wednesday. "I have directed the investigators to spare no effort to find out what happened."

There were no obvious signs of trauma to the girl, and investigators are waiting on the county coroner to identify her cause of death, said Lt. Scott Hoglund. Officials haven't identified a motive for the homicide either.

"Investigators believe the victim was dumped at the location sometime during the late evening hours of Sunday March 3rd and discovered March 5 at 10 in the morning,"Hoglund said. "The victim was, in fact, found partially inside of a black roll away type duffle bag."

County Parks and Recreation staff discovered the body Tuesday south of Hacienda Boulevard and Glenmark Drive.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives released a composite sketch of the girl, along with photographs of her clothing.

"We don’t have any idea of who this child is," Hoglund said. "We are looking for any type of witnesses that may have been traveling that area, that may have seen a vehicle pulled over to the side...We are looking for any lead."

Authorities have reached out to schools and children's groups hoping someone will recognize the police sketch of the child.

Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

City News Service