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SBSD - Victorville Police Department
Saturday September 5th, 2015 :: 04:21 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Death Investigation- Body found in vacant desert field

DATE/TIME: Friday, September 4, 2015​/ 5:49 p.m.

INCIDENT: Death Investigation

LOCATION: Vacant Desert Field North of Air Expressway/Gas Line Road, Victorville

VICTIM:​ Unidentified Doe 17-15

SUMMARY:
On Friday, September 4, 2015, Victorville Sheriff’s Station Deputies and medical aid responded to the report of a deceased body found in a vacant desert field in Victorville. Upon the arrival of the first responders, they realized the subject was clearly deceased. A death investigation was immediately initiated and the Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigations Division assumed the investigation.

Investigators processed the area and examined the decedent’s remains in an attempt to identify the individual and determine how the death occurred. Due to the condition of the decedent’s remains, the identity and gender has not yet been confirmed. Detectives are actively investigating all of the information known at this time and an autopsy will be conducted in the near future to assist in this process.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Detective Troy Mooradian at (909) 387-3589. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Detective Troy Mooradian or Sergeant Robert Warrick

Station: ​Specialized Investigation Division

Phone No. ​(909)387-3589

Case No. ​171510695 H#2015-077

John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Victorville Police Department
14200 Amargosa Rd
Victorville, CA 92392

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700

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