After 81-year-old Okay Ja Kim didn’t seem at a household operate in August, a involved relative traveled to her Woodland Hills dwelling and located the girl lifeless.

Now, the town of Los Angeles is providing a $50,000 reward for data resulting in the identification, arrest and prosecution of a suspect.

Kim was discovered on the ground of her bed room within the 20800 block of Martha Road, half hidden beneath her mattress, “semi charred, unconscious and never respiratory,” Los Angeles police stated.

She had reportedly been strangled and suffered “sharp and blunt pressure accidents,” police stated.

The house confirmed “in depth indicators of arson” and appeared to have been damaged into.

“I’ve labored a few years in murder and much more than that investigating violent crime, and I can truthfully say that in my total profession I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen such a mindless and brutal act of homicide,” LAPD Det. Sharon Kim stated Thursday at a information convention, KTLA-TV Channel 5 reported.

Investigators have no idea whether or not Kim had been adopted dwelling earlier than she was killed, so they’re looking for further surveillance footage and asking for the general public’s assist.

Clara Kim, the sufferer’s daughter, urged the group to behave.

“This might have been anybody’s household. This might have been your mother, this might have been your dad,” Kim stated, based on KTLA.

“My mom is an individual who actually gave extra on this life than she ever took,” she stated.

The sufferer lived alone after the dying of her husband final 12 months, KTLA reported.