{"id":273089,"date":"2025-10-02T23:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T23:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273089\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T23:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T23:33:11","slug":"arrest-made-after-body-found-in-car-at-south-la-tow-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273089\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made after body found in car at South LA tow yard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LOS ANGELES<\/strong> – An arrest has been made in connection with a body found inside a burned car at a South LA<\/a> tow yard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

On September 9, detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department\u2019s Missing Persons Unit, were conducting a follow-up at a towyard located on the 1900 block of West Gage Avenue in South Los Angeles, related to a missing person investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/strong>Body found in burned vehicle at South Los Angeles tow yard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

During their investigation, detectives discovered a deceased person in the trunk of a vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide Division, Homicide Special Section detectives assumed responsibility for the investigation.<\/p>\n

On September 16, search warrants were served at multiple locations.\u00a0On that same date, 52-year-old Sandra Romo Diaz was arrested for murder.<\/p>\n

Diaz was booked into a Los Angeles Police Department jail facility. On September 18, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed one count of murder against Diaz.<\/p>\n

E<\/strong>ditor’s note: This story has been corrected to say the body found in the vehicle is not that of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> Information for this story came from the Los Angeles Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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