(L.A.) Heather Haas, 32, Found Dead in Trash Can

Case Number: 2024-06347

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 32-year-old White/Caucasian female in Sunland.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Heather Haas.

Height: 5 feet 2 inches // Weight: 130 pounds

Blonde hair. Brown eyes.

STATUS: The decedent’s body is ready to be released. Ruling by the deputy medical examiner is deferred pending additional investigation.

Manner and cause of death will be added to this page when it becomes available.

If the DME has ordered toxicological screening, the next public update may take six to nine months.

RIP HEATHER LYNNE HAAS (June 19, 1991 – April 16, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 11:09 a.m.

The decedent was found lifeless inside a trash can in a residential neighborhood in the 8500 block of Wentworth Street.

The garbage bin was left on the side of the road, and her body was inside a Burton snowboarding bag when police removed it. It is currently unknown how long it had been there.