(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department has released the identity of the woman found dead on the side of Simpson Lane last Thursday as 27-year-old Amery Sweany of Chico.

Deputies responded after dispatch received a 911 call just after 2:30 last Thursday afternoon. The subsequent investigation determined Sweany “was fairly new to the Yuba-Sutter area” according to a media release.

The autopsy completed yesterday determined Sweany’s cause of death was blunt force trauma from getting hit by a vehicle, and evidence found on the scene “supported these findings.”

The Yuba County Sheriff’s office is urging anyone with information to contact Sgt. Parker at 530-749-7777 or call the anonymous tip line at 530-749-7930.