Homicide victim found stabbed under 118 freeway overpass

Here's the very latest on the body found under the freeway. We don't have a whole lot more than we had previously, but at least it's something. Stay tuned.

PORTER RANCH - The body of a man believed to be in his 20s that was found below a Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway overpass early Saturday morning has yet to be identified.

Caltrans workers picking up trash under the freeway overpass at Topanga Canyon Boulevard about 8:30 a.m. Saturday discovered the decomposing body in some twigs, thinking he was asleep, said Los Angeles Police Detective Mike Fesperman.

After taking a closer look, the workers noticed the man was dead and called police.

The man, who was wearing jeans and a jacket and had no ID, appeared to have been stabbed repeatedly in the chest area and dumped under the overpass, Fesperman said.

Fesperman said he could not tell the race of the victim and said the body had no tattoos.

An official cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.