Austin Beutner's daughter found beside a highway in Palmdale the night she died
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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner’s daughter was found by the side of a highway in Palmdale the night she died, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.A passerby alerted authorities to a woman in a “state of medical distress” shortly after midnight Jan.
6 near Sierra Highway and Technology Drive, said Lt.Michael Modica of the sheriff’s homicide bureau.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to assist paramedics, who treated Emily Beutner, 22, at the scene, Modica said.He could not say how long Beutner had been by the road, which is surrounded by empty fields.
She was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.Sheriff’s homicide detectives have assumed control of the death investigation.Modica said this is typical when a young person is found in such a situation and should not be taken as an indication of the cause of death, which will be determined by the Los Angeles County medical examiner.
Jeff Millman, a spokesperson for Austin Beutner, declined to comment.California Beutner, in a statement, asked for privacy, saying his family had experienced ‘the unimaginable loss of our beloved daughter.’Viridiana Aguilar, a spokesperson for the medical examiner, said earlier this month that her agency had not yet made a determination on the cause of death and had requested additional testing.
“Due to the ongoing death investigation, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner cannot disclose what testing and/or studies were requested,” Aguilar said.“Deferred cases can take a few months before a cause of death is determined.”The medical examiner’s website indicates that Emily Beutner died at a hospital and does not list a cause or manner of death.
Beutner, a student at Loyola Marymount University, was the youngest of four children and the only daughter.Her father, a former Los Angeles Unified schools superint...