Niles Canyon Body: Man Died 'At The Hands Of Another'

FREMONT, CA —The discovery of a man's body along railroads tracks in Niles Canyon in unincorporated Alameda County on Sunday afternoon is now being treated as a definite homicide, a sheriff's spokesman said today.

The body of a man who appeared to be in his 20s was discovered near the Union Pacific tracks in the canyon south of state Highway 84 and Alameda Creek at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said.

A hiker or jogger saw the body west of the intersection of Highway 84 and Palomares Road a few miles east of Fremont city limits and called authorities, according to Kelly.

Authorities aren't yet releasing the man's cause of death but Kelly said he died "at the hands of another" and not from being hit by a train or falling, Kelly said.

Investigators haven't yet identified the man, according to Kelly.

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