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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Detail invites the public’s assistance in the following investigations. Click on the cases below for more information. Tips may be submitted in the following ways:
- Sheriff’s Homicide Detail - 858-285-6330 (during business hours)
- Sheriff’s Communications Center - 858-565-5200 (outside business hours)
- Crime Stoppers - 888-580-8477
- Online Tip Form (Crime Stoppers)
Felix Patricio Abarca
Homicide
- Date: 11/23/1990 (all day)
- Location: Mile Marker 33.5 Sunrise Hwy
Mt. Laguna, California - Introduction: Synopsis: San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Unit continue to look for leads in the 1990 unsolved murder of 23-year-old Felix Patricio Abarca.
On November 23, 1990, the body of an unidentified female was found, down an embankment, off of Sunrise Highway at Mile Marker 33.5 in Mt. Laguna. During the autopsy it was determined that the victim, Felix Abarca (aka Laura), was in fact a male who was undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Laura was reported missing on November 18, 1990 and was last seen on October 17, 1990. The cause of death was asphyxiation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact us in one of the following ways:
- Sheriff’s Homicide Detail - 858-285-6330 (during business hours)
- Sheriff’s Communications Center - 858-565-5200 (outside business hours)
- Crime Stoppers - 888-580-8477
- E-mail Homicide Detail
- Online Tip Form (Crime Stoppers)
