Crime & Safety
Body Found In Parked Car In Westlake
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a person who was found in a vehicle that had been towed to Westlake.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A body was found Tuesday inside a vehicle in Westlake.
The body was reported at 2:10 a.m. in the 300 block of South Westlake Avenue, said Officer Irma Mota of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Division.
It appeared the vehicle had been towed to that location but it wasn't immediately clear if the deceased was the one who towed it, Mota said.
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Homicide investigators were summoned to the scene to determine the cause of death of the person, whose age and gender were not immediately reported.
The area was blocked off by police for the investigation.
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