Death Investigation UPDATE: Burned body found in car in Angeles National Forest area

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burned car on a remote stretch of road near Angeles National Forest. Sheriff’s Deputy Derrick Thompson says the unidentified man was found early Saturday morning on a back road east of the Interstate 5 about four miles north of Castaic in rural northern Los Angeles County.

Thompson says investigators are working to determine how the man died and if his death was a homicide. The man’s body was badly burned reports the Associated Press.

The investigation is ongoing and is being handled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Homicide Bureau.  Anyone with any information should contact them at (323) 890-5500 or Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau at (323) 526-5541.  There is no further information available at this time. -ref SHB-152-May 30, 2009