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California City Body Identified As Missing Girl

California City Body Identified As Missing Girl

POSTED: 1:33 pm PDT April 6, 2007
UPDATED: 5:54 pm PDT April 6, 2007

The body of a female found in a dirt field in California City last week has been identified as Jamesha Terry, 14, who has been missing for several weeks.

The coroner's office is calling it a suspicious death, but need to complete further analysis before they can rule her death a homicide.

That's what homicide detectives from the California City police department are waiting for before they go ahead and launch a full investigation.

Terry went missing March 19 and had last been seen getting off a school bus in front of the Cal City market.

FBI agents and Kern County coroner's officials used dental records to identify the body that was badly decomposed.

Terry was found before 6 p.m. Sunday in a field on the 21000 block of Neuralia Road.

Authorities searched Terry's uncle's apartment, which is 100 yards away from the field, and questioned him Monday, although he is not considered a suspect at this point.

Neighbors had said he went missing for several days, but a family member tells 23 News he was missing because he was visiting his brother in San Bernardino County.


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