Identified! 38-year-old Brandy Kiehl Found After Ax-wielding Man Shot By Leo, June 2018

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MECCA, Calif.- - A woman's charred remains were found near the scene of a weekend deputy-involved shooting that left a man dead in Mecca, sheriff's deputies said today, though any connection between the body's discovery and the shooting suspect was unclear.

Deputies were first called at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday to Lincoln Street and Avenue 66 to assist county firefighters and California Highway Patrol officers with ``a non-compliant subject armed with an ax,'' according to sheriff's Deputy Robyn Flores.

Charred human remains found near scene of Mecca deputy-involved-shooting

The man, whose name remains withheld by the county coroner’s office, was shot by a deputy, then taken to a hospital where he later died. The circumstances behind the shooting remain uncertain, and the involved deputy’s name has not been released, pending the DIS investigation.

At around 5 p.m. Sunday, county fire crews returned to the area where the shooting occurred “to extinguish smoldering debris at the scene of an earlier fire,” Flores said.

There, the woman’s remains were found among the debris, the deputy said.

Authorities have not determined the woman’s identity, nor whether she has any connection with the man shot earlier that day.

Sheriff’s Department Reveals Woman’s Burned Body Found Near Mecca DIS Scene

 

[iulia]

Woman found dead, burned near Mecca deputy-involved-shooting identified

According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, 38-year-old Brandy Kiehl's body was discovered on June 3 in the area of Lincoln Street and 66th avenue in Mecca.

 

[madamx]

Woman found dead, burned near Mecca deputy-involved-shooting identified

I just read the article. It's strange and a bit hard to understand. Thank you for posting though..
I guess they knew each other.. but he was killed by cops and she was set in fire later.. I wonder if there is a suspect or if she set herself on fire after he was killed?

 

[cvaldez1975]

it sounds to me like he killed her and set her on fire, and someone reported smoke, they responded and encountered ponce, and maybe the fire and flickered out by then so they focused on the suspect who was shot, and then the fire was still smoldering so fire dept returned and found her. There are pix of the couple on that link.