California police identify girl's body found in duffel bag as a 9-year-old

She was 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Trinity was a Los Angeles County resident.

"Although the Coroner's Office determined the death to be a homicide, the cause of death is being withheld," the sheriff's department said. "Investigators have detained two persons of interest in this case and they are actively continuing their investigation."

After learning her identity, relatives arrived at a memorial to the girl -- established where her body had been found in Hacienda Heights, CNN affiliate KTLA reported.

Antonio Jones told the news station that Trinity was his youngest daughter and had been "full of character, full of life, full of joy."

"Words can't explain what I'm feeling right now," he said, according to KTLA. "I just want answers. I just want justice."

The girl was found Tuesday morning in the area south of Hacienda Boulevard and Glenmark Drive, just below a Buddhist temple, according to police.

Her head and upper body had been protruding from the partially zipped roll-away black duffel bag.

The girl's body was found in a roll-away black duffel bag, authorities said.

Last week, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund said authorities believed the girl had been left the evening of March 3 in light brush by the trail. But it was not clear if she was dead or alive at the time.

CNN's Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.

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