Industry – A body was found on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Athens Waste Collection Facility in Industry.  At a little before 9 a.m., Kesha Rena Williams was discovered in the 14000 block of Valley Boulevard.  She is thought to be a homeless woman who frequented the Leimert Park area, and somehow became part of the trash that was collected and transported to the facility.  An autopsy to determine cause of death is still pending.

Williams’ discovery is not the first for the Industry Waste Facility.  Back in June of 2002, a baby girl was found at the site in trash that was reportedly transported from somewhere in Azusa.  Investigators gave the infant the name of Amanda, before she was buried in the Garden of Angeles in Calimesa.  The case remains a cold file to this date.

In an ongoing investigation, another baby girl was found at the Athens facility a year ago, on December 10, 2012.  The infant’s death has been ruled a homicide, and although no arrests have been made, this is reportedly still an active case.  Authorities are looking for information about this baby, known as Jane Doe #83.  If you have information, please contact Sheriff’s Homicide at (323) 890-5500.

The third body was a more recent discovery, in July of this year.  Mark Christopher David arrived in a dumpster picked up in the Hollywood area.  He appeared to have died from an accidental drug overdose.

Just like Erin Lynn Cruz, 27, a homicide victim who was found mechanically separated at a water pollution control plant in Carson on October 26 of this year, these waste management facilities are an unfortunate way to discover that someone’s life ended and came to rest as trash.