Investigators have found a body that may be that of missing California woman Brittany Killgore after they followed clues in the suicide note of a woman arrested in connection with the 22-year-old's murder.
The body, which has not been formally identified, was found late Tuesday
near Lake Skinner in Riverside County, Calif., about 20 miles from Killgore's home, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Jessica Lynn Lopez, 27, was arrested at a Ramada Inn in San Diego
Tuesday morning. The woman was found in the hotel with multiple
self-inflicted cuts and an apparent suicide note, which allegedly
explained what happened to Killgore, and where her body was.
An officer described the scene at the hotel over a police scanner:
"Lacerations at the Ramada Limited … The female is conscious and
breathing, medics are en route."
After her arrest Lopez was treated for an undisclosed medical condition
at a local hospital, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.
Authorities expected to charge her with murder after her release.
Investigators have yet to disclose Lopez's relationship to Killgore, KGTV and other local media reported.
The developments came after Killgore's estranged husband said he would
return home from Afghanistan, where he is an active-duty Marine, to help
in the search for his wife.
Killgore, of Fallbrook, Calif., filed for a divorce from her husband, Cory Killgore, also 22, just days
