Police awaiting test results on Sharp Park body
By: Katie Worth
Examiner Staff Writer
January 8, 2009
PACIFICA — Investigators are awaiting a coroner’s toxicology report to learn more about the circumstances surrounding a suspicious death that occurred at Sharp Park Golf Course last month.
On Dec. 18, a hiker found the body of 34-year-old Pacifica resident Laura Jessica Valentine near the 17th tee. Pacifica police spokesman Capt. Fernando Realyvasquez said Valentine was overheard having a verbal dispute on the phone before leaving her house the previous night.
Valentine’s death is still being treated as suspicious, although there were no marks on her body, he said.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said the report will indicate whether Valentine, who was found in a body of water, had any substances in her body that may have contributed to her death. The report is expected in the next week or two.
