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The case of the Lodi transgender woman who vanished in March 2005 is officially closed: Dental records have confirmed that Alicia Sandoval's body was in her car when it was found submerged in an area slough last month.
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Sandoval, 44, had lived as a woman for many years and local residents said they couldn't tell she was transgender. But police had worried that Sandoval could have been targeted if someone learned her true gender.