Crystal Gonzalez, 37, a Hispanic/Latina woman, was found dead on the morning of July 17, 2025, inside a short-term rental on Morgan Lane in Garden Grove after police conducted a welfare check. Two young children in the home were unharmed and told officers they hadn’t known what happened. Investigators identified her as the wife of Miguel Lopez a 35-year-old former California Highway Patrol officer from Lodi.
In the hours after the killing, Lopez drove roughly 350 miles north to Stockto
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