Man Found Dead at Van Nuys Health Club
Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old Sherman Oaks man whose body was found in a rented cubicle of a Van Nuys health spa, the Los Angeles Police Department said Friday.
The body of John David Payne Jr. was discovered in a cubicle at the Roman Holiday Health Club in the 14400 block of Victory Boulevard near Tyrone Avenue on Tuesday, said Lt. Richard Blankenship.
Payne, also known as John Louis Cherrie Jr., died of undetermined causes, Blankenship said, but he declined to elaborate.
Spa employees contacted police when they found the man apparently unconscious in one of their rented cubicles, Blankenship said.
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