SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – More than 30 years after a grim discovery, the identity of a young boy whose body was found buried in a shallow grave on private property in Ramona remains a mystery.
On April 6, 1989, the son of the homeowners was riding his motorbike on their property, located along a stretch of Highway 78 just east of Rancho Vista Drive, when he came across what he believed to be a grave, with a hand sticking out. The family immediately contacted authorities, and investigators confirmed the discovery of a body.
According to Detective Brent Spencer of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Homicide Unit, the victim was estimated to be between 12 and 15 years old and had sustained significant trauma, leading investigators to determine the death was a homicide…