Crime & Safety

Workers Find Body in Somis Orchard

The unidentified man is believed to be in his early 20s.

Field workers in Somis discovered a body of an unidentified man in a Price Road orchard Saturday morning, according to a statement issued to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department Saturday evening.

The man is believed to be in his early 20s. 

Investigators were on scene collecting evidence while volunteers from the Sheriff's search and rescue team assisted with a search of the area. Investigators are treating the death as a homicide until the medical examiner's office determines the cause of death.

The Sheriff's Department requests anyone who was in the area late Friday night or early Saturday morning to contact Detective Jose Lopez at 805-384-4723.


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