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Is There a Second Body Buried in a Lennox Drug House Yard?
After unearthing the body thought to be that of missing Lennox resident James Stein yesterday, authorities are looking in the same backyard for Stein's wife, Gabriela, who has been missing since early December, says ABC7.
The home is thought to be a neighborhood "drug house," where multiple people lived as roommates. Neighbors have frequently witnessed fights and police on the property that is described as run down and dilapidated.
One of a duo thought to be behind a bizarre incident last month led authorities to the yard and to the possibility that bodies were buried there. Neighbors say a man and a woman had asked for the use of their truck to "move some bodies," and, when the request was denied, the couple tied them up and stole the vehicle.
The woman, Jenny Salazar, has been arrested, and is the one helping with the investigation, while Marcus Lomeli, her alleged partner in crime, remains at large.
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