(L.A.) Tioni Theus, 16, Died on a Freeway

Case Number: 2022-00332

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 16-year-old Black female whose body was found on the 110 Freeway.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenage girl as Tioni Theus.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Neck

RIP TIONI THEUS (July 18, 2005 – January 8, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 8:20 a.m.

The decedent had told her family on January 7 the she was meeting a friend to go to a party.

Her body was found on the southbound 110 Freeway by the Manchester on-ramp, Los Angeles, 90003.