Local News in Brief : Remains Identified
Skeletal remains found by a hiker in the Angeles National Forest over the weekend were identified Thursday as those of an Alhambra man missing for more than a year.
Using dental records, the coroner’s office identified the body as that of Leo Maloof, 51, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Deputy Gabe Ramirez said.
Steve Stewart, a spokesman for the coroner’s office, said the death was listed as a homicide. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Maloof’s body, wrapped in a carpet, was found Sunday by a hiker. It had been dumped 60 feet below San Dimas Canyon Road near San Dimas Reservoir.
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