The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a body was found inside a “sealed trash can” in Sunland Tuesday morning.
The gruesome discovery was made around 10:30 a.m. on the 8500 block of Wentworth Street.
Details are limited at this time, but the LAPD said its homicide detectives have been assigned the case.
Around 3:30 p.m., video from Sky5 showed several law enforcement officers investigating the black trash can, which appeared to have been placed along the curb as if it were waiting for a normal trash pickup.
Later, a crime scene van arrived to the scene and a white tent that is typically used to conceal the bodies of deceased people was placed above the trash can.
The area was blocked off with crime scene tape and traffic was being diverted. It was not immediately clear how long the road would be closed or how long police would remain on scene.