(Body identified)….It had been found New Year’s night.

The California Highway Patrol officer discovered the body lying face down on Bowker Road, north of Interstate 8. The discovery of the body was reported at around 9:30 Wednesday night. The County Coroner and Sheriff’s investigators were called in. The body was found with an electrical cord around the neck. The investigation was labeled a possible homicide. Friday morning the body was identified as 36 year old Brittney Steenbergen from Plainview in Tulare County. She had been reported missing by her daughter on New Year’s Eve. The suspect in the homicide has been identified as Adel Hussein, the victim’s estranged boyfriend and father to her four children. Husseins vehicle was found abandoned in El Centro. Tulare County Sheriff’s investigators are working with Imperial County Sheriff’s investigators in an attempt to locate the suspect.