OKLAHOMA CITY — A person who was found dead in a ditch on Christmas Eve, 2022, has been positively identified.
Eric Lopez, 17, was identified after the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) circulated an OSBI sketch of him Wednesday on social media.
Police responded to calls of a “person lying in a drainage ditch.” They found the body of Lopez in the 6100 block of S. Walker in the first hours of December 24 at 12:41 a.m.
Arriving officers reported that the body showed “injuries consistent with homicide.”
Detectives continue to investigate the case.
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