CALIFORNIA — A body that was found inside the wall of an apartment in a Lomita-area public housing complex has been identified as that of a woman who lived in the unit when she went missing in July 2009:
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, officials from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner – Coroner identified the body found behind a wall in a residence in Lomita. The victim was identified as 37-year-old Raven Campbell. She had been reported missing in July 2009 from her residence in the 26800 block of Western Avenue, unincorporated Lomita, which was the same residence where her body was recovered on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
From KTLA: — “About two weeks before the discovery of the body, someone had called the victim’s sister to say the person believed the victim’s body was in a “downstairs apartment in the wall of the closet behind the stairs,” Campbellhumphrey told the Los Angeles Times last week. The family contacted the Sheriff’s Department, and the detective assigned to Campbell’s case went to the apartment, a sheriff’s lieutenant told the Times.
Investigators gained permission from the county to knock down a wall in the apartment after a cadaver dog alerted to the wall, authorities said.” –
The investigation is ongoing and there is no further information at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
