Crime & Safety
Murder Investigators Called to Scene of I-10 'Crash' Site: Sheriff's Office
Officials say a 'suspicious death' investigation has been launched at the site of what was first thought to be a crash off Interstate 10.
CABAZON, CA - Sheriff's murder investigators are on scene in the Cabazon area Thursday at the site of a "suspicious death," officials tell Patch.
According to Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Armando Munoz, the California Highway Patrol requested the assistance of the sheriff's department shortly after arriving at a reported crash site around 2 a.m.
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Original reports indicated a car may have veered off the eastbound 10, near the Banning scales.
"Our central homicide unit is out there conducting a death investigation," Munoz told Patch at 10 a.m.
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There was no immediate information on the victim's gender or age.
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