Crime & Safety
Woman's Body Found At Milpitas Landfill, Police Investigating
San Jose detectives are looking into the death of a woman whose body was found at Newby Island earlier this month.
MILPITAS, CA — San Jose police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at the Newby Island Landfill June 2.
Officers were called to the landfill at 1601 Dixon Landing Road in Milpitas at about 6 a.m. after workers found the woman's body "during processing operations," police said.
The woman has been identified as 34-year-old LaToya Covington, who was a transient, according to Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.
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The circumstances surrounding her death, as well as the cause, are still being investigated, according to San Jose police.
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