Teresa Munoz, a 46-year-old Latina woman, was found dead on Oct. 30, 2001, at a residence listed as 5713 Meridian St. in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to Los Angeles County coroner's records summarized by the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, Munoz died after being strangled. The coroner's file and the Homicide Report list the Los Angeles Police Department as the investigating agency.
Little public biographical information about Munoz appears in the available reports beyond her age and ethnicity; the published record notes only the basic circumstances of her death and the address where she was found. The Homicide Report entry is brief and does not include additional details about family, occupation, or events leading up to her death. No contemporaneous press releases, reward notices, court records, or extended news stories were located in the sources reviewed for this synopsis that add further factual detail about the investigation or identify suspects.
As of the records reviewed for this entry, the killing of Teresa Munoz remains unsolved in publicly available sources: there are no reported arrests, charges, or official announcements closing the case in the materials examined. The Los Angeles Police Department is identified as the agency of record; anyone with information about this case should contact the LAPD Homicide Bureau.
