Officials investigating report of a body buried at a Carson home

By Brittny Mejia

Aug. 11, 2016 10:25 AM PT

Detectives are searching a Carson property Thursday after receiving a tip about a body possibly buried there.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide detectives responded to the 21600 block of Prospect Avenue at about 7:45 a.m. to investigate, authorities said.

Detectives received credible information and served a search warrant, the department said in a statement. Sheriff’s Department Scientific Services, crime lab personnel and Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner personnel are assisting in the investigation.

The department did not provide further information.

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Brittny Mejia

Brittny Mejia is a Metro reporter covering federal courts for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote narrative pieces with a strong emphasis on the Latino community and others that make up the diversity of L.A. and California. Mejia was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2021 in local reporting for her investigation with colleague Jack Dolan that exposed failures in Los Angeles County’s safety-net healthcare system that resulted in months-long wait times for patients, including some who died before getting appointments with specialists. She joined The Times in 2014.

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