Official: California teen was stabbed by friends, left for dead on Bay Area road

California authorities have identified the teenager who was stabbed and left for dead in Livermore, as well as two suspects in her killing.|
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LIVERMORE - An official says the two people arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Northern California woman found by a motorist on the side of a road were friends of the victim.

Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly on Tuesday identified the slain woman as 19-year-old Lizette Cuesta of Tracy, California.

Kelly says Cuesta willingly got in the car with 19-year-old Daniel Gross and his 25-year-old girlfriend Melissa Leonardo. He wouldn't discuss a motive in the killing because of the ongoing investigation.

Kelly says Cuesta identified the suspects before dying Monday at a hospital.

Motorist Richard Loadholt tells KCRA-TV that he and a friend found Cuesta on Monday soaked in blood and dragging herself on the side of a road in Livermore.

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