Body found in Angeles National Forest probed as possible homicide

April 11, 2013 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a style=”color: #0000ff; text-align: left;” href=”https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;amp;q=san+francisquito+canyon+road+and+spunky+canyon&amp;amp;amp;aq=&amp;amp;amp;sll=34.580083,-118.417511&amp;amp;amp;sspn=0.452834,0.617294&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;amp;hnear=San+Francisquito+Canyon+Rd+%26+Spunky+Canyon+Rd,+Santa+Clarita,+California+91390&amp;amp;amp;ll=34.621995,-118.414019&amp;amp;amp;spn=0.028291,0.038581&amp;amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;amp;z=14”&amp;gt;View Larger Map&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORGOV000937”&amp;gt;Los Angeles County Sheriff&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;&amp;amp;rsquo;s Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding a body found in Angeles National Forest.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Deputies went to San Francisquito Canyon Road, about five miles south of Spunky Canyon Road, about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday after the body was found, &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-angeles-national-forest-body-20130411,0,1467088.story”&amp;gt;the L.A. Times reported.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Homicide detectives are handling the case, and sheriff&amp;amp;rsquo;s deputies had no immediate update Thursday morning.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The area is about 17 miles north of Castaic. The department did not say how the body was discovered.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff&amp;amp;rsquo;s Department homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;--&amp;lt;span class=”byline”&amp;gt; Joseph Serna and Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;