Categories: Garden Grove

O.C. Sheriff trying to identify a deceased male found in Garden Grove

Orange County Sheriff

NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org

SPECIAL BULLETIN: ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY DECEASED MALE FOUND IN GARDEN GROVE

The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department, along with the Garden Grove Police Department, is attempting to identify a person found dead on Monday, December 1, 2014. The body was found in the water channel near Magnolia Street and Orangewood Avenue in the city of Garden Grove.

The deceased male is approximately 5 foot, 4 inches tall. He was wearing LEI jeans with a patterned pocket (see photo above-attached) and black Vans sneakers (size 9). Coroner investigators believe the subject had been dead for some time; however, there is limited information and no facial photo or sketch is available.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of this subject is asked to call Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department Coroner Division or Garden Grove Police Department Detective Maciel at the numbers provided below.

NAME: Unknown

DESCRIPTION: Male, approximately 5’4’’

CLOTHING: “LEI” jeans, black Vans sneakers (size 9

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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