Garden Grove : Burned Body Discovered in Trash Bin by Shop

Authorities are trying to identify a badly burned body found Thursday morning in a trash bin in an industrial area.

An employee of an automotive machine shop discovered the corpse when he took out the garbage shortly before 8 a.m., said Sgt. Bruce Beauchamp of the Garden Grove Police Department.

“The body was badly burned, badly charred to the point where it was impossible to tell at the scene if it was male or female,” Beauchamp said. Also found in the trash bin were a few metal cans and some refuse that was burned beyond immediate recognition.

The entire trash bin was taken from its location on Annabel Avenue near Newhope Street to the Orange County Coroner’s office for investigation. “We have to assume at this point that it’s probably a homicide,” Beauchamp said.