Two California victims in a recent Sutter County homicide were identified by the sheriff’s office on Sunday.
The bodies of 40-year-old Elk Grove resident Vicky Keovilayphone and 40-year-old Yuba County Resident Derrick James Engelman were found on Friday afternoon along a dirt road in Rio Oso dead from apparent gunshot wounds, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies and detectives responded to the area of Kempton Road near Brewer Road around 4:07 p.m. and located a female adult body inside a blue Ford Explorer and a male adult body lying outside approximately 50 yards near the Ford Explorer.
It is unknown what led up to the shooting, and no information on the shooter(s) was released.
The sheriff’s office said a nearby farmer discovered the bodies.
Anyone with information relevant to the homicide has bee asked to contact Sutter County Sheriff’s Detective Unit at 530-822-0210 or e-mail Detective Thiara at [email protected].
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