Pico Rivera teen dies after family says she was kidnapped and dropped off at hospital

A heartbroken Pico Rivera family is mourning the death of their teenage daughter after they say she was kidnapped and later dropped off at a hospital. The Los Angeles Police Department is not calling the death of 15-year-old Mercedes Vasquez a homicide. “I know things are not going to be the same because I don’t have my baby with me,” Mercedes’ mother, Yadid Vasquez, said fighting back tears. Mercedes was missing for nearly a week before her mother says the teen’s alleged kidnapper dropped her off at the hospital after she became sick. Mercedes later died. “Justice will come…..

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