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Fresno Teen's Death Remains a Mystery

By Norma Yuriar and Winston Whitehurst

Fresno, CA (KMPH NEWS) - Autopsy results are expected to be released on Friday into the suspicious death of a 16-year old Fresno girl.  Brittney Lively was laid to rest on Thursday at St. Peter's Cemetery in Fresno.  Her funeral comes nearly two weeks after Fresno Police investigators discovered her body in a vacant home near 11th Street and Nevada Avenue.  Investigators are calling Brittney's death suspicious, other than that they are not saying much.

Witnesses say Brittney and four other boys were seen at the house drinking vodka.

Family members believe Brittney was raped before her death.

Sonia Munoz, Brittney's cousin, says she is also outraged to hear a picture was taken with a cell phone at the house. "How could they live with themself knowing they have a photo of her?  I mean how disgusting is that?  What were these kids thinking?"

Munoz says on January 29th Brittney left her mom's house to spend the night with a friend.  This is where the story gets blurry and only the people that were with Brittney the night in question know what lead to her death.

"If these people that were with her were her so-called friends, why didn't they get help? We have family that lives just blocks away, we could have gone over there and tried to help her," said Munoz.

No one has been arrested. Investigators say autopsy results will determine what happens next and what led to the suspicious death of the high school sophomore.

"There are a lot of answers we need and if something did happen to her, we want to know," said Brittney's aunt, Norma Salinas.