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Veronica Aguilar has been identified as the woman whose body was found inside the trunk of a burned-out car after a fire at her boyfriend’s house Wednesday, according to authorities, the woman’s family and neighbors.
Veronica was a 27 year old schoolteacher and a UCLA graduate.
She taught at an elementary school in Palmdale.
Her school called her family after she did not show up to school.
What we know
Neighbors said they heard what sounded like a woman screaming and an explosion just before the fire began, KCAL reported.
Firefighters arrived to find multiple cars already scorched at the home on 38th West Street, including the one holding the teacher’s body.
‘As the location firemen were clearing the garage they found a body, then they notified the deputies and the person was pronounced dead on the scene,’ said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt Daniel Vizcarra.
The uncle said she had been in a romantic relationship for roughly a year and that he knew little about the man.
Investigators searched for Matthew Switalski, 37, as a person of interested ‘wanted only for questioning at this time’, according to KCAL.
The owner listed for the home is Switalski, a bible school graduate employed at the aerospace company Northrop Grumman, the Daily Mail reported. Neighbors on the 41400 block of 38th West Street said that Switalski rented out rooms in the five-bedroom house to employees at the company who were not there.
Neither Switalski nor any neighbors have come forward.
