Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators are seeking the public's help in obtaining information about the 2022 murder of a young mother who was repeatedly stabbed and whose body was then set on fire.
Karla Terron, 27, met up with friends at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3834 in San Fernando on Dec. 16, 2022, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Thursday. She later went to a home in San Fernando where she was killed.
Her body is believed to have been transported to Bakersfield in the trunk of a white 2021 Honda CRV, sheriff's officials said. The vehicle was later found, impounded and DNA evidence was discovered inside that was traced to Terron.
Anyone who saw the vehicle at the VFW post around Knox Street in San Fernando or in Bakersfield on December 17, 2022 is urged to contact sheriff's homicide investigators.
“We hope people will have the courage to come forward and help investigators identify the information they are looking for,” Detective Michael Modica said during a news conference attended by Terron’s family in front of the VFW Post on Thursday. “This information will help make this an even stronger case.”
Terron's body was found at the Hoskings Road exit of Highway 99 around 5 a.m. the day after she was seen at the VA post. While her body was engulfed in flames, autopsy reports show she was stabbed multiple times, according to homicide investigators.
According to Modica, there are second- and third-hand accounts that witnesses heard a gunshot on Knox Street the night Terron was last seen alive. Her phone has not been found since her death.
Investigators did not provide any information on who owned the Honda CRV, but asked the public to come forward if they have any information related to the investigation.
According to Modica, Terron, a mother of two, worked as a waitress at a nearby restaurant. Investigators have “persons of interest” in the case, but did not say what their relationship was.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact homicide investigators at (323) 890-5500.
