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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is continuing to investigate found human skeletal remains. The remains were discovered Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at approximately 3:08 p.m., near 20th Street West and Avenue F, Lancaster.
 
Detectives learned that deputies from Lancaster Station responded to a call of found skeletal remains. When arrived they found skeletal remains in a shallow grave in the middle of the desert.
 
The race, sex, age and identity of the victim is unknown.
 
The identity and cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
 
There’s no additional information available.
 
If you have any information about this incident, we ask that you please call our Homicide Bureau Investigators at 323-890-5500.
 
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
 
Forwarded by:
Deputy Trina Schrader
Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles California 90012
213-229-1700
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ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE IS AS FOLLOWS:

DATE:   Tuesday, October 1, 2019    
                          
TIME:  3:08 p.m.
                             
LOCATION:  20^th Street West and Avenue F, Lancaster         
 
FOUND:  Skeletal Remain
 
UNIT:  Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Dean
 
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau respond to investigate found human skeletal remains. The remains were discovered Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at approximately 3:08 p.m., near 20th Street West and Avenue F, Lancaster.

There is no additional information available at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
 
Forwarded by:
Deputy Trina Schrader
Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles California 90012
213-229-1700
 
Website: http://www.lasd.org  

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Alex Villanueva, Sheriff
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