Encinitas
Sheriff’s homicide detectives are seeking information on the beating death of an unidentified man found on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Encinitas Wednesday.
The man, described as a Latino between 25 and 35 years of age, was found shortly after 8 p.m. by sheriff’s deputies on the east shoulder of the highway, just south of the Encinitas Boulevard overpass.
The man was taken by Life Flight to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he died about 9 p.m., a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said.
Lt. Bill Baxter said detectives have received conflicting reports as to the number of people seen beating the man. He said detectives had not determined a motive for the crime.
Baxter asked that anyone who might have seen the beating from the freeway call detectives at 692-5600.
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