Sheriff’s homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man whose body was found early Friday.
The dead man’s name was not released pending notification of his family members, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. David Smith said. He was 54 years old.
He was pronounced dead after being discovered about 9:09 a.m. in his home in the 7000 block of Norwalk Boulevard, in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, Los Angeles County sheriff’s and coroner’s officials said.
“There were no signs of foul play,” sheriff’s Lt. Margarito Robles said, and detectives were called in because the man’s cause of death was not immediately clear.
Coroner’s officials will perform an autopsy to determined the man’s officials cause of death.