Body Found in Temescal Valley, Murder Investigators Called to Scene: Sheriff's Department

TEMESCAL VALLEY, CA – Riverside County sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Temescal Valley area Friday, sheriff's officials confirm.

According to sheriff's Deputy Armando Munoz, someone found the man in the early morning hours.

"We received a call at approximately 2:20 a.m. about a male that was seen in the area of Mojeska Summit and Squaw Mountain," he told Patch by telephone. "Officers arrived and located a male deceased."

The central homicide team was sent to the area to look into the death, which appeared suspicious in nature, Munoz said.

The man's identity has not been released, nor has a suspected cause of death.

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