Woman shot to death at Atlanta cemetery identified as 20-year-old Utah woman

The Brief

  • Atlanta police have identified the woman found shot on Easter Sunday near Crest Lawn Memorial Park as 20-year-old Angela Yajahira Cortes Villegas of Utah.
  • Villegas was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds; distinctive tattoos initially released by police may have helped confirm her identity.
  • The investigation remains ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta anonymously.

ATLANTA Atlanta police have identified the tattooed woman found shot to death on Easter Sunday in a wooded area near Crest Lawn Memorial Park. Authorities say the victim is 20-year-old Angela Yajahira Cortes Villegas of Utah.

What we know:

Villegas was discovered just before 6 p.m. on April 20 in the 2000 block of Marietta Boulevard NW after officers responded to reports of an unresponsive person. She had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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