Oceanside
San Diego County coroners conducted an autopsy Friday on a partly decomposed body that was discovered by a farm worker in a field near the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside.
Authorities suspect the dead man might have been a Mexican national, according to Robert Engel, a deputy coroner. No injuries were immediately evident when the body was exhumed, and Engel said it is possible the man died of natural causes and was buried by companions.
A farm worker found the partly exposed body Thursday as he was collecting wood in a field just north of Mission and North Santa Fe avenues, Engel said.
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