After a night of bitter cold, bodies were found Thursday morning in a vacant lot in Yucca Valley and in a park in downtown Twentynine Palms. Death investigations are ongoing in both of the grisly discoveries. The two deaths do not appear to be related.
The body of a woman was found in Yucca Valley by County Fire paramedics after a medical aid call at about 9:20 a.m. Sheriff’s Sergeant Derek Garvin told Z107.7 News at the scene that responders found the body against a fence in a vacant lot between State Route 62 and Santa Fe Trail, just east of Hopi Trail. Garvin said while there is no apparent trauma to the body, the death is deemed suspicious and the Sheriff’s Homicide Division was notified. Santa Fe Trail and adjoining roads were closed off to traffic for most of the day and night.
The body of a man also was found in Twentynine Palms about 6:30 Thursday morning at Bucklin Park at Twentynine Palms Highway and Desert Queen Avenue. The man, identified only as a transient by Sheriff’s deputies, was discovered lying in the center of the park, near a sculpture.
Anyone with information about either death is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175 or We-Tip at 1-888-78-CRIME.
