NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino County Sheriff's officials have positively identified a woman whose body was found in a minivan near Fort Bragg last week, but they are still attempting to find out the identity of a man whose body also was found in the vehicle.
Lt. Greg Van Patten said detectives identified Cindy Bao Feng Chen, 38, of San Francisco as one of the two people whose deaths are currently under investigation.
He said detectives are still in the process of attempting to identify the male victim and the case is still being actively investigated.
The bodies were found in a van in the 31000 block of Highway 20 near Fort Bragg last Thursday afternoon, as Lake County News has reported.
The van had been parked in a manner which prevented it from being seen from Highway 20, officials said.
Both Chen – found in the front driver seat – and the male in the front passenger seat had suffered apparent head wounds, officials said. The causes of death are pending an autopsy.
Anyone with information pertaining to this investigation is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office “tip line” at 707-234-2100.