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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - Human remains found in the Ventura Riverbed have been identified as those of Zyanya Valora, who had been missing since June 2024.

What we know:

On September 24, a local conservancy group was clearing invasive plants in the Ventura Riverbed, just south of the Baldwin Road Bridge, when they found what appeared to be human skeletal remains.

Deputies from the Ojai Patrol Station, Ojai Station Detectives, and Major Crimes Bureau responded to the scene.

The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the remains were human, but due to their condition, an immediate identification was not possible.

Two days later on September 26, the medical examiner's office confirmed the identity of the remains as Zyanya Valora.

Valora was last seen by rel

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