Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as 51-year-old Hiroko Nagao of Twentynine Palms.
- Nagao was reported missing on Oct. 23 after her husband left around noon and later found her personal items still at the home.
- Her husband reported discovering her body on the property on Oct. 31 at about 1 p.m.
- The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Homicide Detail took over the case at the residence on the 74000 block of Aztec Avenue.
- Investigators are awaiting autopsy findings on cause and manner of death, and they urged tips to 909-890-4904 or anonymously via We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME and wetip.com.