BODY FOUND IN BACK OF NORTH HILLS CAR LOT.Byline: Elizabeth Rodriguez Staff Writer NORTH HILLS - A partially decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. body was found Saturday evening along the busy 8500 block of Sepulveda Boulevard. The unidentified victim was found by a janitor of R.V. Automotive shop, said Alfredo Bilbao, a mechanic at the shop. Workers in the area said the body was discovered near a bush around a fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. the back of the dirt lot littered lit·ter n. 1. a. A disorderly accumulation of objects; a pile. b. Carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper: the litter in the streets after a parade. 2. with cars. It was unclear whether the body was that of a man or woman. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Coroner's Office said Sunday that investigators had not yet examined the body. Sgt. Kristie Romero of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division said the body was so badly decomposed it was hard to determine much about the victim. ``From the photo of the head I saw, you couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman,'' she said. Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. detectives were not available for comment Sunday about the discovery in the car lot located behind El Deportivo Restaurant. Bilbao said he was scared when he saw the body. ``I've never seen something like this before,'' he said. Staff Writer Brent Hopkins contributed to this story. |
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