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Autopsy set in case of man’s body found in Brea trash can

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The Orange County coroner has identified the person whose body was discovered in a roadside trash can in Brea.

Police said the body of Jose Ramiro Baez Paredes, 46, of Santa Ana, was found Friday by a motorist driving on Brea Canyon Road. The container on the side of the road next to a wooded area.

The driver “saw what appeared to be human hands” and immediately called the police, said Brea police Lt. Santo Porto.

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The driver had seen the trash can every day for about a week before deciding to stop and look inside, said Sgt. Jim Griffin.

The case is being treated as a homicide. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday afternoon, Griffin said.

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