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Dead body found by surfer near water’s edge

Posted by Christina on Dec 08 2009 | dead body

A surfer discovered a skin diver’s body at Swami’s Beach on Monday morning, officials reported. 

The surfer came across the body at about 6:50 a.m. near the water’s edge, Encinitas Marine Safety Capt. Larry Giles stated. 

Officials have not yet put a name with the body but the body was said to be a white man around the age of 50. According to Giles, it is possible he was diving for lobster.

The case has been put under the investigation by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Body found in pool identified

Posted by Christina on Nov 29 2009 | Drowning, dead body, identified

An examination of a man who was discovered dead in his pool at his apartment complex Thursday has led examiner’s to identify the man as 32-year-old Gang Wu, the Medical Examiner’s Office reported.

Wu was discovered completely under water at his pool in the Rancho Villas Apartments on Rancho Peñasquitos Boulevard near Via del Sud around 8:20 a.m., the medical examiner stated.

A performed autopsy is to take place and lead examiner’s to understand what caused his death. Foul play is not thought to be a factor in the death. 

Wu, who was married, was an employee of the international bioscience company and lived at the complex with roommates.

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Body found in burning car

Posted by Christina on Nov 01 2009 | Fire Accidents, dead body

Authorities came across a man’s body in the driver’s seat of a car set on fire located on Paradise Valley Road and South Worthington Street early yesterday. 

Sheriff’s deputies discovered the 2006 Toyota Camry burning just a little before 1 a.m. The passenger side of the vehicle was completely burning. Deputies bashed in the windows of the car in order to check inside, but they were unable to discern whether anyone was in the car since there was so much smoke and flames, sheriff’s officials reported. 

After firefighters put out the fire, deputies saw the body in the car. The burn victim was said to be a 51-year-old man from Spring Valley.

The case is now being handled by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Man found dead in car identified

Posted by Christina on Nov 01 2009 | dead body, identified

A man who was shot to death in a parked car on New Year’s Day has been identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 28-year-old Candido Cabrera Ramírez. 

Cabrera was discovered slouched and sitting in the driver’s seat of a Honda Accord on Smoky Circle close to Hidden Vista Drive just a little before 1:45 a.m., Chula Vista police reported. 

The car has license plates from Baja California, stated Lt. Tom Leonard. Cabrera had a passport from Mexico and was living in San Diego.

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Woman’s body found in Rancho Bernardo apartment

Posted by Christina on Oct 24 2009 | dead body

San Diego police found a woman’s body with numerous stab wounds in a Rancho Bernardo apartment last night. 

A police spokesman reported that homicide detectives were looking into the situation. Officers were sent to double check on the apartment, located on Avenida Venusto south of Bernardo Heights Parkway, when they came across the body.

The incident was called in around 6:45 p.m. No other information or details were given as of last night.

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Death of infant under investigation by homicide detectives

Posted by Christina on Oct 19 2009 | dead body

Homicide detectives are currently looking into a case in which a 3-month-old baby was found dead and an autopsy showed that the baby had suffered a number of suspicious and unexplained injuries, San Diego police reported Friday. 

The infant, known to be Aziya Davinger according to the Medical Examiner’s Office, was discovered dead Tuesday afternoon by a caretaker in the apartment complex at Serra Mesa while the baby was home alone, investigators stated. The caretaker, a 25-year-old man, dialed police and reported what he had seen, the child cold and without color, stated San Diego police Lt. Kevin Rooney.

An autopsy revealed that the infant had undergone various injuries that had accumulated over a period of time, Rooney stated. The cause of her death is still being investigated, reported the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Detectives are interrogating five different adults who are residents in the three-bedroom apartment located on Gramercy Drive, near Taft Middle School. Officials searched the apartment in hopes of evidence.

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Man’s tortured body found dangling from bridge

Posted by Christina on Oct 10 2009 | dead body, gang-related, torture

The body of a man was discovered tortured and hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

Prosecutors’ spokeswoman Prisma Perez reported that authorities have not yet found out who the man is, but are led to think he is Rogelio Sanchez, a Baja California state government official in charge of driver’s licenses who was reported missing on Tuesday.

Perez stated that investigators believe the homicide was connected to Sanchez and his job but she would not expand on the topic. She added that Sanchez had not been involved in any other crimes.

She did not state any suspects. But, the homicide was similar to crimes performed by  Mexico’s brutal drug gangs, which are known for leaving tortured bodies in public areas.

The body was discovered at 5:30 a.m. Friday in an industrial zone of Tijuana.

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Man’s body found near water’s edge

Posted by Christina on Sep 09 2009 | Missing People, dead body

Authorities report finding the body of a 28-year-old Chula Vista man right by the water at Carlsbad State Beach just around 30 minutes before sunrise yesterday. 

People at the beach saw the man’s body and carried Ahmad Mitchell away from the water and immediately called authorities. 

There was a “missing person in danger” report issued for Mitchell in Chula Vista on Saturday, reported Carlsbad police Lt. Bruce May. This type of report shows that whoever sent it in was worried about the person’s safety.

Mitchell’s mother called police at about midnight on Friday informing them that her son had been missing and had not returned home after he was let go from the county jail Thursday night, authorities stated. 

Officials did not say why Mitchell was arrested and in prison. 

An autopsy is scheduled to take place today.

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Dead body found at car business

Posted by Christina on Aug 25 2009 | dead body

Homicide detectives are currently looking into a case after the finding of a body at a car business was reported around 6 p.m. yesterday.

A friend of the man came across the body at the car shop located on South Coast Highway, near Leonard Avenue, Oceanside police reported.

Detectives did not give out any other information regarding the case.

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Woman’s body found in brush on side of road

Posted by Christina on Aug 12 2009 | dead body

Police are looking into a case in which a woman’s dead body turned up in the brush just off El Camino Real near Olivenhain Road yesterday afternoon.

Officials have come to determine that the woman was a homeless around 50 or 60-years old, reports Carlsbad police Lt. Kelly Cain.

The woman’s significant other called in the death around 12:40 p.m. According to police, the body did not show any evidence of trauma and they are waiting on the autopsy to tell them whether she died f natural causes or not. 

The two seemed to have lived in a tent located by some brush on the side of the road.

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