Crime & Safety
Woman's Body Found on Local Hiking Trail: Sheriff's Department
The sheriff's department had to use its aviation unit to drop investigators and coroner's officials at the scene near Mountain Center.
MOUNTAIN CENTER, CA - A hiker found the body of a woman on a steep slope near a hiking trail in Mountain Center over the weekend, and authorities were investigating the cause of death.
The body was reported about 8:40 a.m. Sunday on a trail near Ribbonwood Drive, Riverside County sheriff's Deputy Mike Vasquez said.
The sheriff's department had to use its aviation unit to drop investigators and coroner's officials at the scene due to the difficult terrain, Vasquez said.
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Vasquez did not rule out foul play as a cause of death.
– By City News Service. Image via Shutterstock.
