Coroner IDs body found in Long Beach, name withheld pending notification of next of kin

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Los Angeles County Coroner's investigators have identifed the remains of a 56-year-old man found under a local freeway earlier this week but are withholding the man's name until his family can be notified, authorities said Wednesday night.
Long Beach Police Department Homicide investigators are also looking into the death of the man, who was found lat about 2 p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Officers arrived to find what appeared to be a male black, age 50 to 55 years old, under the westbound Artesia (91) Freeway east of the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway, Zapalski said.
Long Beach Fire Department crews pronounced the man dead at the scene, the sergeant said.
Coroner's investigators are still working to determine the cause of death, officials said Wednesday.
Anyone with information about the case is ask to call LBPD Homicide Detectives David Rios or Hugo Cortes at 562-570-7244.


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