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Acton woman’s death may not be accidental

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A 43-year-old woman who was found dead on the side of a road in Acton may not have died from being struck by a vehicle. Investigators late last week were seeking to speak with her boyfriend.

Lilia Garcia was found unresponsive about 1:55 a.m. Sept. 14 at the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Crown Valley Parkway and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The death was reported as a hit-and-run crash but as California Highway Patrol officers began investigating, “it became apparent the incident may not have been a traffic collision and the cause of the traumatic injury to the victim was not immediately identifiable,’’ according to a sheriff’s department statement.

“Detectives believe Garcia’s boyfriend, 32-year-old Fabian Agustin Santiago, may have information about her death and would like to talk to him,’’ according to the sheriff’s department.

Santiago is Hispanic, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 140 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information regarding Santiago’s whereabouts was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.  Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS or lacrimestoppers.org.

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