Poway
A decomposing body was found near California 67 and Poway Road on Sunday by a family out rock hunting, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.
The Lakeside family found the unidentified female about 2:45 p.m., at the bottom of a California 67 embankment about 3 1/2 miles south of the Poway junction, said Lt. William Baxter, a Sheriff’s Department homicide investigator. The family drove to their home and reported their discovery to authorities.
Deputies found the fully clothed body, and detectives determined that it had been in the area for days, officials said. There were signs of trauma but the nature of it could not be determined due to the body’s decomposed state, authorities said.
The county coroner’s office will determine the cause of death.
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