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Coroner Identifies 21-Year-Old Woman Found Dead Near Cemetery

EAST LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) —  The Corner's office identified a 21-year-old woman found dead near a cemetery in East Los Angeles.

The woman was identified as LA resident Kassandra Lizette Ochoa.

Her body was found Saturday around 1 a.m. on the 400 block of South Sydney Drive, between the 710 Freeway and New Calvary Cemetery, according to LA County Sheriff's Deputy Crystal Hernandez.

Ochoa's death is being investigated as a homicide.

The suspected cause of death was not immediately released, Hernandez said.

The coroner's office has reportedly yet to determine an exact cause of death.

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