Woman Found Dead in Freezer Was Ex-LA Sheriff’s Detective

Woman Found Dead in Freezer Was Ex-LA Sheriff’s Detective
Miriam Travis’s home at 6600 New Ridge Drive in Riverside, Los Angeles, Calif., in November 2011. Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD
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LOS ANGELES—An 87-year-old woman found dead inside a freezer in the garage of her Southern California home was a retired homicide detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, authorities said Tuesday.

Miriam E. Travis retired as a detective sergeant in 1990 after 27 years with the department, including 11 in the Homicide Bureau.