Norma Lopez Murdered

Authorities identified a decomposed body as that of 17-year-old Norma Lopez, who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school on July 15, 2010 in Southern California. An autopsy confirmed the identity of the girl, but investigators would not release a cause of death.

Norma Lopez vanished on July 15, 2010, on her way home from a summer school class at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Police and the FBI have not identified a suspect in the case and have asked the public for help in the investigation.

Deputies found personal items and signs of a struggle in a field Norma Lopez often used as a shortcut home. Searchers covered the area for several days while the girl's family pleaded with the unknown kidnapper to let her go.

On July 20, 2010, a resident driving his tractor-mower in a large, remote field found human remains near a stretch of desert road a few miles from the site where investigators had searched. The decomposed body, shirtless and clad in jeans, was found face-down in a grove of trees. Norma Lopez's family were the first to be contacted after the body was identified through dental records.

Authorities identified a decomposed body as that of 17-year-old Norma Lopez, who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school on July 15, 2010 in Southern California. An autopsy confirmed the identity of the girl, but investigators would not release a cause of death.

Norma Lopez vanished on July 15, 2010, on her way home from a summer school class at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Police and the FBI have not identified a suspect in the case and have asked the public for help in the investigation.

Deputies found personal items and signs of a struggle in a field Norma Lopez often used as a shortcut home. Searchers covered the area for several days while the girl's family pleaded with the unknown kidnapper to let her go.

On July 20, 2010, a resident driving his tractor-mower in a large, remote field found human remains near a stretch of desert road a few miles from the site where investigators had searched. The decomposed body, shirtless and clad in jeans, was found face-down in a grove of trees. Norma Lopez's family were the first to be contacted after the body was identified through dental records.

Authorities identified a decomposed body as that of 17-year-old Norma Lopez, who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school on July 15, 2010 in Southern California. An autopsy confirmed the identity of the girl, but investigators would not release a cause of death.

Norma Lopez vanished on July 15, 2010, on her way home from a summer school class at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Police and the FBI have not identified a suspect in the case and have asked the public for help in the investigation.

Deputies found personal items and signs of a struggle in a field Norma Lopez often used as a shortcut home. Searchers covered the area for several days while the girl's family pleaded with the unknown kidnapper to let her go.

On July 20, 2010, a resident driving his tractor-mower in a large, remote field found human remains near a stretch of desert road a few miles from the site where investigators had searched. The decomposed body, shirtless and clad in jeans, was found face-down in a grove of trees. Norma Lopez's family were the first to be contacted after the body was identified through dental records.

Authorities identified a decomposed body as that of 17-year-old Norma Lopez, who was likely kidnapped while walking home from school on July 15, 2010 in Southern California. An autopsy confirmed the identity of the girl, but investigators would not release a cause of death.