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Baby Kirkendall-Sosa

Baby Kirkendall-Sosa, a 9-week-old fetus, died April 16, after its mother was shot in the 3000 block of 70th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

Investigators found the mother, Adrianna Aryanna Kirkendall-Sosa, a 20-year-old Latina, in the passenger seat of her boyfriend's parked car about 10 a.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Eddie Hernandez. 

Kirkendall-Sosa had a gunshot wound to the back of her head, Hernandez said. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:13 a.m., according to coroner's records. 

Her boyfriend, Jose Jesus Rivera-Olivarez, a 35-year-old Latino, had been found dead earlier that morning, about 50 yards from the car, Hernandez said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. 

Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @latimeshomicide on Twitter. 

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