Overview
- The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said the victim is 32-year-old Greenfield resident Monica Yazaret Almanza Romero.
- A resident called authorities around 9:40 a.m. Sunday to report a body in the riverbed near Elm Avenue and Metz Road.
- Deputies recovered the remains just outside Greenfield in South Monterey County.
- Investigators have not disclosed the condition of the body or classified the nature of the case.
- Commander Andres Rosas said cause-of-death findings remain pending the results of the forensic examination.