L.A. Mayoral Candidate’s Daughter, 22, Dies After She Was Found by Highway in ‘State of Medical Distress’

“My family has experienced the unimaginable loss of our beloved daughter,” Austin Beutner said of Emily, a college junior

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  • Emily Beutner, the daughter of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, died on Jan. 6
  • The 22-year-old college student died at the hospital after she was found seemingly “suffering a medical emergency” by a highway in Palmdale, Calif.
  • “My family has experienced the unimaginable loss of our beloved daughter,” the mayoral candidate said

The 22-year-old daughter of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner has died after seemingly experiencing a medical emergency. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Emily Beutner died on Jan. 6 after she was spotted seemingly “suffering a medical emergency” on the side of the highway in Palmdale, Calif., shortly after 12 a.m. local time, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) said in a press release obtained by PEOPLE.

A witness in the area — the intersection of Sierra Highway and Technology Drive — had alerted authorities to a woman in a “state of medical distress,” Lt. Michael Modica told the Los Angeles Times

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