BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (AP) - A man and woman found slain on a remote stretch of U.S. 395 in the eastern Sierra Nevada were a married couple from Southern California, authorities said Thursday.
The bodies were found before dawn Monday on the shoulder of the highway by a state snowplow driver clearing the lanes about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of the tiny community of Bridgeport.
The victims have been identified as William Adrian Larsen, 35, and Yesenia Larsen, 30, from Burbank, the Mono County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. There were no additional details.
The sheriff’s office said Monday that deputies and California Highway Patrol officers responded after the bodies were found and determined the deaths were homicides.
“The crime appears to be specific and targeted, and there is no threat to the community of Bridgeport,” the previous statement said.
The discovery came after the first storms of the season moved through California, bringing significant snowfall to the Sierra.
Bridgeport is a six-hour drive north of Los Angeles.
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