Karen Garcia, the 21-year-old who lost her sister in a wrong-way crash last week, has herself died, found murdered in a vehicle.

Authorities said Sunday, they are hunting for Garcia’s ex-boyfriend, Salvador Garcia Jr, in connection with her death.

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Garcia’s body was found in her car parked in a lot outside a Marshalls store in Woodland around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, FOX40 reported. She was first reported missing on Jan. 9, two days after her 19-year-old sister Jessica was killed in a wrong-way crash. Four other people, all 25 years old and under, were pronounced dead. Garcia initially left her home to go shopping. She then texted her family on Jan. 8 to tell them she was in Roseville and heading to Vacaville, but then never returned. source

Garcia’s ex-boyfriend, Salvador Garcia Jr., was named a suspect in the 21-year-old’s death after investigators found “evidence of a homicide” inside her apartment, Colusa Police Department said on Monday.

OUr thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.