San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Department officials have released the identity of the suspected homicide victim found on Sept. 26 by firefighters responding to a brushfire on Parkhill Road off Highway 58 in Santa Margarita.
The body of Santa Maria resident Dystiny Myers, 15, was burned beyond recognition, but authorities were able to identify the remains after an autopsy was conducted on Sept. 28. The full autopsy and toxicology reports had not been released as of press time.
Police had earlier arrested five people on suspicion of murder. According to police reports, county Sheriff’s deputies arrested four people at a Nipomo mobile home park the day of the body’s discovery. The four people arrested were Jason Adam Greenwell, 20, of Nipomo; Ty Michael Hill, 28, of Santa Maria; Frank Jacob York, 19, of Nipomo; and Rhonda Maye Wisto, 47, of Nipomo.
Cody Lane Miller, 20, of Fresno, was arrested on Sept. 27 in a local hospital and kept under guard, according to police reports. He was booked in SLO County jail after being treated and released from the hospital.
All five suspects charged in the Myers case pleaded not guilty at a court hearing on Sept. 30. Another hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 13. All of the suspects are currently being held without bail.
This article appears in Oct 7-14, 2010.
