GLENDORA — Foul play was not initially suspected Sunday after a man’s body was found inside a car in a shopping center parking lot, authorities said.
The body of the man, initially described as a Glendora resident in his 40s, was discovered about 11:15 a.m. in the parking lot of the Diamond Ridge Shopping Center in the 1300 block of West Gladstone Avenue, Glendora police Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.
The man had gone missing and worried family members went looking for him when they spotted his car and called police, the lieutenant said. Responding officers found the body inside.
An official cause of death was under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, Lamborghini said, however the death appeared to be natural, and foul play was not suspected.
The body appeared to have been there for several days, he said.