The Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments are in the middle of an investigation into the cause of death of a man whose burned body was found near the Route 110 South exit on Avenue 60 Friday morning.
"They found a male deceased in suspicious circumstances at around 5:30 a.m. on Friday morning in the park area at Avenue 60 and Arroyo Drive, LAPD Sgt. Sanford Rosenberg told Patch. "The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call of fire. The man's body was burned."
Rosenberg said the police and fire department are currently "in the middle of an investigation" to determine if the fire was sparked accidentally or if somebody intentionally tried to burn the victim.
Police were unable to provide an identification for the deceased.
"We believe he was a transient," Rosenberg said.
Check back with Patch for more details as we get them.
There was, however, about 2-3 years ago, a different burned-body homicide that took place on a foot-bridge that runs between Hermon Park (proper) and a different piece of the park off Via Marisol, across the Arroyo. Police determined that time it was drug deal gone bad involving a Pasadena resident.
I just wonder how the money is going to work for the latest Riser PR platform, the "Hermon" Neighborhood Council, now that the Hermon reps on the ASNC board have been mis-spending and forging signatures. Really, the City is going to give the likes of the Risers and Mark Legassie their own NC!?
(With apologies and thanks to the public domain and original text by Frances Church)
Nothing bad can happen if you live in Hermon.
God forbid we actually discourage such things from taking place in our neighborhood parks, be it Hermon or Highland Park.
As far as the burn victem, I rode down there today to see for myself. The body was obviously found under the Avenue 60 bridge, directly next to the park and not in the closed park itself. No homeless person would be camped there, as I first imagined. Most disturbing is the freshly painted tag of one of L.A.'s most deadly street gangs, in bright red, directly over the spot where the victem was found. This was no accident. It is inconcievable that someone could ignite themselves on fire and burn to death along the street curb. Since police have said this was a "transient" don't expect any real efforts to discover the truth behind this hienous crime. I don't have to explain why not. My comments on the Hermon Dog Park are that that dog park is a joke! I would never in a million years subject my pet to being penned in that small dirt lot they call a "park." Anyone who has any experiance with the other Dog Parks in the city knows full well that Hermon's is sorely lacking.
around that area?