"Authorities announced Tuesday that they have reopened the investigation into the shooting death of an 18-year-old girl exactly 20 years ago.
According to Anaheim police, Mariana Tapia went missing on July 2, 1999, after attending a birthday party at El Rodeo nightclub in the city of Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County. She was last seen dancing in the club with some unknown men.
Her decomposed body was found about seven weeks later, on Aug. 22, 1999, in a brushy area near Gypsum Canyon and Santa Ana Canyon roads in Anaheim, police said. She was discovered in a shallow grave with a foot protruding by an employee with the Irvine Company who was inspecting a fence on the company’s property.
She died of at least one gunshot wound, police said. She had a 4-year-old daughter at the time of her death."
Detectives Reopen Investigation Into 1999 Cold Case Murder Of Anaheim Teen Mariana Tapia
According to Anaheim police, Mariana Tapia went missing on July 2, 1999, after attending a birthday party at El Rodeo nightclub in the city of Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County. She was last seen dancing in the club with some unknown men.
Her decomposed body was found about seven weeks later, on Aug. 22, 1999, in a brushy area near Gypsum Canyon and Santa Ana Canyon roads in Anaheim, police said. She was discovered in a shallow grave with a foot protruding by an employee with the Irvine Company who was inspecting a fence on the company’s property.
She died of at least one gunshot wound, police said. She had a 4-year-old daughter at the time of her death."
Detectives Reopen Investigation Into 1999 Cold Case Murder Of Anaheim Teen Mariana Tapia
