Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are in search of the general public’s assist for data surrounding the 2022 killing of a younger mom who was repeatedly stabbed and whose physique was then set on fireplace.
Karla Terron, 27, met along with her mates on the Veterans of Overseas Wars Publish 3834 in San Fernando on Dec. 16, 2022, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officers stated Thursday. She later went to a house in San Fernando the place she was killed.
Her physique is believed to have been transported to Bakersfield within the trunk of a white 2021 Honda CRV, sheriff’s officers stated. The automobile was later discovered, impounded and DNA proof found inside that was traced to Terron.
Anybody who might have seen the automobile on the VFW Publish round Knox Road in San Fernando or in Bakersfield on Dec. 17, 2022, is inspired to contact sheriff’s murder investigators.
“We hope folks can have the braveness to return ahead and assist investigators determine the knowledge they’re on the lookout for,” Detective Michael Modica stated throughout a information convention attended by Terron’s household exterior the VFW Publish on Thursday. “This data will assist make this an excellent stronger case.”
Terron’s physique was discovered on the Hoskings Highway offramp on Freeway 99 round 5 a.m. the day after she was seen on the VFW Publish. Whereas her physique was engulfed in flames, post-mortem stories present she was stabbed a number of instances, in accordance with murder investigators.
There are second- and third-hand accounts that witnesses heard a gunshot on Knox Road on the evening Terron was final seen alive, Modica stated. Her cellphone has not been discovered since her dying.
Investigators didn’t present any details about who owned the Honda CRV however requested the general public to return ahead if they’ve any data associated to the investigation.
Terron, who was the mom of two kids, labored at a close-by restaurant as a waitress, in accordance with Modica. Investigators have “individuals of curiosity” within the case however didn’t say how they had been linked to the case.
Anybody with data on the case can contact murder investigators at (323) 890-5500.
