Crime & Safety
Body Found Near Dumpster In Palm Springs
The body was discovered in the 200 block of North Civic Drive, near Desert Oasis Healthcare Immediate Care.
PALM SPRINGS, CA — A body was found Thursday morning near a dumpster in Palm Springs.
A call came in at 7:29 a.m. reporting that the body was discovered in the 200 block of North Civic Drive, near Desert Oasis Healthcare Immediate Care, according to Palm Springs Police Department Lt. William Hutchinson.
The body was in an enclosed trash bin area, not in the trash bin itself, he said.
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Detectives were on scene as of 9:40 a.m. waiting for personnel from the coroner's office to arrive, according to Hutchinson, who called the death suspicious, but said it has not yet been ruled a homicide.
The identify of the person was not released.
