Person Found Slain in Luxury SUV in Brentwood
The body of an apparent homicide victim was discovered inside a luxury sport utility vehicle in Brentwood on Friday.
Los Angeles Police Department homicide investigators kept an unusually tight lid on information about the identity of the victim or cause of death.
Police said the body was found on Church Lane near Sunset Boulevard, west of the San Diego Freeway near the Brentwood Holiday Inn.
The location and the arrival of police at the scene en masse led to speculation that the victim might have been a celebrity. Los Angeles police Officer Don Cox issued a statement Friday night saying that the person was not a public figure.
Investigators sealed off the Lexus SUV, so new that it still had paper license plates from a dealer.
“The coroner’s office is here and conducted a preliminary investigation, and we know very little more than that at this time,” said Capt. Jim Tatreau more than eight hours after the body was found.
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