Sister of Montclair BOE Member, Missing for Days, Found Dead in California

The body of a woman found near a park in Vacaville, Calif., Friday has been identified as the missing sister of Montclair Board of Education member Tanya Coke, Baristanet reported, citing an Oakland Tribune story.

Sandra Coke, 50, a federal investigator who'd spent decades working as an advocate for death-row prison inmates, was also a wife and mother who lived in Oakland, Calif. She had been last seen, by her 15-year-old daughter on Aug. 4, the Tribune reported.

Police offered no information as to how Coke died or about person of interest Randy Alana, a violent sex offender she dated about 20 years ago, the article continued.

Friends and colleagues have set up The Sandra Coke Fund, an online fundraising effort, for those interested in making donations to benefit the education and care of her daughter, according to Baristanet.