The Santa Clara County coroner's office has identified the victim in San Jose's 31st homicide of the year, a 33-year-old woman who was found dead at a home last weekend.
Joanna Pinedo Gandara, a resident of San Jose, was found Sunday with "obvious signs of physical trauma" at a home on the 900 block of Thelma Way, according to police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, police said.
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