Possible Homicide Victim ID'd; Woman's Body Found In RivCo Home

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA – The Riverside County Sheriff's Department confirmed the identity Tuesday of a 19-year-old Indio woman found last week at a home in Oasis, near the Salton Sea.

Wendy Perez was found just before 8 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 88000 block of Avenue 70.

"Just a couple days ago her life was taken away unfairly, she was only 19," said a relative, who launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist with funeral expenses.

Investigators have not disclosed the cause of her death, but Central Homicide Unit investigators were summoned to the scene "based on the deputies' evaluation of the circumstances," said sheriff's Sgt. Wallace Clear.

To contribute to "Wendys Funeral Fund" on GoFundMe, visit https://www.gofundme.com/sf6wd... .

Anyone with information regarding Perez's death was asked to contact Investigator Ortega at the sheriff's Thermal station at (760) 863-8990 or Investigator Dickey at the Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-2777.

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--City News Service contributed to this report/Image via GoFundMe