The body found on a hiking trail on March 5 was 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, the Los Angeles sheriff's office said.
Los Angeles police say the 9-year-old found dead on a hiking trail last month is Trinity Love Jones. By Tim Elfrink Tim Elfrink Editor of the Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 11 at 4:13 AM Last Tuesday, county workers maintaining a horse trail in the scrubby hills east of Los Angeles noticed a black bag at the bottom of an embankment with something pink sticking out of the top.
Two “persons of interest” in the case have been detained, the sheriff’s office said in a release, while police are “are actively continuing their investigation.” It’s not clear exactly how police identified the girl, but they credited an “overwhelming response from the news media and tips received from the public.”
“Words can’t explain what I’m feeling right now,” Antonio Jones, who said he was Trinity’s father, told KTLA. “I just want answers. I just want justice.” The girl’s body was found on March 5 around 10 a.m. by workers with Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation. The bag with her remains lay in the brush a short distance from the head of a popular trail through the hills. Police said they weren’t sure whether the bag had been tossed from the trail or pushed off the road above the embankment, but they said she’d been there for no more than two days.
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