SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / A news summary : Body of Jogger, 22, Found Near Park
A 22-year-old Newport Beach man who disappeared while jogging near Laguna Beach was found dead Thursday near Alta Laguna Park, authorities said.
Searchers in a helicopter saw the man, whose identity was not immediately released, in a brushy area less than 150 yards from the baseball diamond at the park, Orange County sheriff’s investigators said.
The body did not show any signs of foul play, Laguna Beach Police Sgt. Jim White said, but as a matter of procedure the case is being investigated by homicide detectives.
Jim Armomino, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Department, gave this account of events leading up to the discovery:
The man was jogging with a friend in Aliso and Woods Canyon Regional Park on Wednesday when he complained of feeling hot and exhausted.
The friend had an important meeting and went ahead but called later to check on the man, who was due at work at 2 p.m. When the friend learned that the man had failed to show up for work, he called the man’s roommate, and the two went back to the park to look for him.
They called the Sheriff’s Department, which began an extensive search with bicycles, a bloodhound and a helicopter crew. They found the body about 11 a.m. Thursday.
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