Bree'Anna Guzman, 22

Jan. 25, 2012

Breanna Guzman, a 22-year-old Latina, was found dead Wednesday, Jan. 25, on the 2 Freeway onramp near Riverside Drive in Echo Park, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

[Editor's note: An earlier version of this post, based on information from the coroner's office, listed the victim as Jane Doe #10.]

An unknown woman's body was found in a bush about 9 a.m. by California Highway Patrol officers, said Officer Cleon Joseph of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Due to the state of the remains, investigators were not immediately able to identify the victim.

The coroner's office said it was conducting tests to determine the identity; however a security hold has since been placed on the case, and the department is unable to provide any further information about the death. They identified the victim as Jane Doe #10.

Family members of a woman reported missing shortly after Christmas believe the decomposed body is her's.

KTLA-TV and KABC-TV reported that relatives of Breanna Jovette Guzman, a 22-year-old Latina, believe the body discovered in the bushes is Guzman.

A memorial was set up outside Guzman's family home Friday morning.

Guzman, known as Bree, told family members she was going to buy cold medicine. She left her home in the 2300 block of Humboldt Street in Lincoln Heights about 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26 but never returned.

Anyone with information about the death or identity of Jane Doe #10 is asked to contact the LAPD at (877) 527-3247. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

— Los Angeles Times

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22 reader comments

I am Mommy to Bree. WE are awaiting sentencing hearing for the monster who felt he had the right to rob my baby Bree'Anna and the precious life of Michelle, and who know how many others. But, I feel my big mouth assisted in capping this serial killer working on his career crimes. He will not hurt another female again.
This world is plagued with so many sick minded individuals.Keep your family tight, know there friends and whereabouts. My youngest thinks i am just being nosie, she cant understand how this has truly affected my normality of being a secure mother.
Those who have all their children and loved ones still, have no place commenting on what they dont know. There was not a gas station with cameras close by, nor was there a billboard. I applause the LAPD Detectives who assisted us, after 5.5 years later, the arrest was made, the sicko Giovanni Borjas was caught.
Due to the pandemic we will not be on the calendar till summer 2022. Justice is around the corner. thank you. Broken Mommy

— Darlene Oct. 15, 2021 at 1:38 p.m.

There is video of the body getting transported there. I make this assumption based on the fact that you cannot get from point A to B without being filmed somewhere, somehow. I imagine the detectives are late bloomers generation ( please forgive my ignorance). The detectives should partner with some of these Y-generation kids and ask them about how they would solve the case. Every freeway exit ramp has a gas station -with cameras- some drivers carry dash cams and guess what, some of these drivers drive that stretch of freeway on a regular basis. Set up a billboard sign nearby asking the drivers for info about something suspicious. Garcetti was talking about putting cameras on the freeways, and lapd should use drones in the future.

— TrueObserver Nov. 11, 2014 at 4:54 a.m.

I've read this story sometime last year, sad that this story was thrown back of the Newspaper, small article. Just a Latina woman gets hardly any recognition of her case slowly becoming cold. Also, prior months, there was another murder occurred in the 5 freeway by CSULA,which is also slowly going cold. I so hope this both woman Justice be serve for them and maybe 2 murderers are out there among ourselves waiting to strike again. I hope LAPD could wrap this up. Also it be great if L.A.times could print a page one more time for the sake for this woman and not allow this case go cold, maybe someone out there might remember some suspicious activity info. That they have hold back or had doubts, but anything could lead to something big... I just feel for their parents of this young woman wanting their justice.

— Pete Sept. 17, 2013 at 2:58 a.m.

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