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The driver, who has not yet been identified by the county medical examiner, led police onto the 110 Freeway, Madison said.

The county's medical examiner has said her body was "severely decomposed" when it was found and has deferred making a ruling on how she died - an investigation they say could take months.

Mooney’s cause of death was determined to be “homicidal violence” likely caused by asphyxiation, according to Brice Hunt, a medical examiner with the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Still, a medical examiner initially ruled Smith’s death the result of a hit-and-run.

The medical examiner’s office didn’t respond to a request for more information.