A body has been found in an area where investigators were searching for a missing Coalinga woman, and two men have been arrested in connection with her murder.

According to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, Isabel LucasVelasco, 50, was last seen at a job site in rural Arroyo Grande on September 12.

On Saturday, Oct. 11, sheriff’s detectives, along with the search and rescue teams from both San Luis Obispo and Fresno counties, searched an area of Highway 198 west of Coalinga and located a body believed to be LucasVelasco. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Coroner's Office is working to confirm the identification.

Sheriff’s officials also arrested two people, including LucasVelasco’s ex-boyfriend, Alejandro SorianoOrtiz, 45, of Coalinga. He was booked into the San Luis Obisp

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