Edhat StaffSource: Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office
The female decedent who was located in the Santa Maria Riverbed on October 1, 2017, has been identified as being 47-year-old Lucinda Marie Gouin of Santa Maria. Gouin also has ties to Lousiana and San Luis Obispo County. She is also known as Lucinda Owens or Lucinda Luker. Next of kin has been notified.
The Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office conducted an autopsy yesterday, October 4, 2017 and determined Gouin did not have any physical trauma to her body. The cause and manner of death is undetermined at this point. Toxicology and lab results are pending.
Sheriff’s detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. The investigation is ongoing.
