LOS ANGELES : Body Found at Rendering Plant May Be Prison Inmate
Workers preparing to dump the contents of a steel drum of kitchen wastes into a processing machine at a rendering plant in South-Central Los Angeles on Thursday discovered a corpse that may be the body of an inmate missing from a state prison in Norco, police said.
The man, who police said appeared to be a Latino in his mid-30s, was found in a sealed drum Thursday morning at Darling Delaware Co., a plant that recycles meat fat, grease and bones for use in products such as pet food.
Drivers told police that the drum was picked up, along with several others, from the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco about 6:30 a.m. Thursday. The truck made about three or four more pickups before arriving at the plant at 2626 E. 25th St., police said.
Lt. Annette Hissami, a public information officer at the prison, said a head count of prisoners indicated that a man was missing. Authorities declined to release the name of the missing inmate.
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