A 31-year-old man was found dead Wednesday in Coachella in what sheriff’s officials are calling a suspicious death.
Deputies responded to the area of Avenue 49 and Calle Abelia about 8:20 a.m. to a report of a body, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Ben Ramirez.
Leonard Garcia of Coachella was identified as the deceased Wednesday evening by sheriff’s officials, who have not declared the death a homicide.
A half-mile stretch of Avenue 49 was closed between Van Buren and Fredrick streets while investigators from the sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit worked the scene for much of the day.
Anyone with information about Garcia’s death was urged to call sheriff’s Investigator Hammond at 760-863-8990, or sheriff’s Central Homicide Investigator Alfaro at 951-955-2777.