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The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau has released the identity of the woman found dead near Milpas Street last week.

The woman’s body was discovered last Wednesday evening, October 4, along the Highway 101 northbound on-ramp from Milpas Street. In a social media post this Thursday, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick said the woman is 42-year-old Jill Marie Drennen from Santa Barbara.

Zick said the cause and manner of Drennen’s death are pending but that her death does not appear suspicious. The California Highway Patrol’s investigation into her death is ongoing.

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