The body of a woman in what authorities said was the middle stage of decomposition was found Friday in Carson.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded around 12:50 p.m. to the 20800 block of South Santa Fe Avenue, near the San Diego (405) Freeway, regarding a person down call where they found the victim lying in an area overgrown with weeds near an unused railroad track, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
There was no immediate information on how the woman died. Sheriff’s homicide investigators were on the scene.
Anyone with any information on the case was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Callers who choose to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477..