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Woman found dead in car after El Cajon pursuit was the suspect's mom: police

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EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The suspect in a pursuit in El Cajon Tuesday night that ended with the discovery of a dead woman in the trunk of the vehicle was related to the victim, police said in an update on Wednesday. Richard Leyva, 24, was named as the suspect who was taken into custody on suspicion of homicide following the pursuit. He is believed to be the son of the woman placed in the trunk, identified by authorities as 51-year-old Jam…

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FOX 5 San Diego

Woman found dead in car after El Cajon pursuit was the suspect's mom: police

5 days ago·San Diego, United States

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CBS8

Son arrested for murder after mother's body found in car trunk

CBS 8 spoke with the family and friends of the woman whose body was found inside the trunk of her car on Tuesday. Her son, who was driving the car, was arrested.

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NBC San Diego

Body found in trunk in El Cajon was mother of driver arrested after chase: ECPD

The woman found dead in the trunk of a car Tuesday afternoon was killed by her 24-year-old son, who officers arrested after a chase and a three-vehicle crash, according to the El Cajon Police Department (ECPD). ECPD provided a lot of details Wednesday in a news release sent out shortly before noon, including the fact that the incident came to investigators’ attention after another of the woman’s sons discovered the body and reported it to 911. L…

6 days ago·San Diego, United States

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vh2.tv

Police find body of man’s mother in car trunk after vehicle pursuit

A mother is dead and her son is in custody after police say he led them on a pursuit in El Cajon with her body in the trunk of the car. The chase began Monday after 5 p.m., when El Cajon police received a call from a man who said he’d found his mother’s body inside her car at a Motel 6. The caller said his mother was visiting his brother, 24-year-old Richard Leyva, who was staying at the motel, according to a police news release. But when his mo…

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eastcountymagazine.org

BODY FOUND IN CAR LEADS TO PURSUIT, ARREST OF VICTIM’S SON

El Cajonbody in car El CajonNewsCrime BeatCommunitiesEl CajonBy Miriam Raftery February 26, 2025 (El Cajon) – El Cajon Police responded to a call yesterday from a man who found his mother’s body in the trunk of her car, a black Hyundai Sonata. The caller said he had gone to check on his mother after she didn’t return home from visiting her other son, Richard Leyva, 24, who was staying at the motel.

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