Woman's body found shot in head in Sun Valley

It's early yet on this one. But we're trying to pin down some more details. Stay tuned.

SUN VALLEY - The body of woman killed with a gunshot to the head was found today in the dirt along a desolate road in the Sun Valley area, authorities said.

The body was discovered just before 2 a.m. on the side of La Tuna Canyon Road just west of the Foothill (210) Freeway, said Sgt. Derek Brown of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Station.

"We're completely out in the middle of the boonies," Brown said. "There are no street lights around here at all."

The woman was not immediately identified.

"This looks like it will be a long investigation because of the nature of the death," Brown said.

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