Man dies in apparent suicide at park

DOWNEY - A person died at Wilderness Park on Wednesday morning in an apparent suicide.Joggers found the body hanging from a tree at about 4:30 a.m. and notified firefighters, who in turn called police, said Lt. Dean Milligan of the Downey Police Department. The victim's identity has not been released by the Los Angeles County Coroner. Milligan said the victim had a non-government issued ID that listed an address in Alhambra. The body had no visible signs of trauma and there were no obvious signs of a robbery, police said. The coroner is performing toxicology tests and the results should be available in several weeks, officials said.

********** Published: September 27, 2012 - Volume 11 - Issue 24