Crime & Safety

Woman Found Dead In Santa Cruz County Park ID'd As Oregon Resident

Cause of death is pending autopsy. Anyone with info is asked to call sheriff's office.

A body of a woman found in a park north of Watsonville on Sunday has been identified as 34-year-old Oregon resident Elizabeth Todis, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.

Todis’ body was found on Sunday afternoon in Pinto Lake Park, sheriff’s officials said. Sheriff’s investigators believe she was a transient from Eugene, Oregon, who had been in the Salinas area in the past month, according to the sheriff’s office.

The cause of Todis’ death is pending the results of an autopsy.

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Anyone with information about Todis is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office’s investigation division at (831) 454-7630.

--Bay City News

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