Mother travels to Imperial County and demands answers for dead daughter

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - A grieving mother is looking for answers after the body of her daughter was discovered outside her trailer in Imperial County.

The victim's mother, Irene Thompson, says she traveled all the way from Kentucky to find out what happened to her daughter, but still doesn't know how she died.

34-year-old September Lee, was found dead outside of her camping trailer on June 30 at Senator Wash.

Thompson says she still does not know what happened to her daughter and is waiting for the Imperial County Sheriff's Office (ICSO) for some answers.

"What I know is that she was found with burn legions was the word used all over her and they thought gunshot wound to the stomach and then, 'Oh no, it was probably a stick poke from falling in the fire,'" said Thompson.

Lee's boyfriend, James Hill, says he was last with her two nights before her body was found.

Hill says his friend Paul and his wife were coming from Yuma, Arizona and were trying to cool off at the wash. The married couple decided to invite Lee to the wash and that is when they went to her trailer and made the shocking discovery.

"If I was out of town, and I need something, I would call Paul. Paul would come get it for her what she needed, so they came down here and they found her by the pit," said Hill.

Thompson says law enforcement never notified her of what happened, it was her daughter's boyfriend who told her a week later.

We reached out to the ICSO. They said they're still investigating this case.

Lee leaves behind two young sons who were not living with her at the time of her death, as well as three dogs.

According to Lee's boyfriend and mother, one of the dogs, a pit bull, is still missing in the area where her body was found.