A man found dead in the back of an abandoned U-Haul truck in Los Angeles’ Mid-City neighborhood on Thursday has been identified by the county medical examiner.
Police were alerted to the U-Haul Thursday morning after a resident reported smelling a foul odor coming from the truck left near Apple Street and Redondo Boulevard, just north of the 10 Freeway.
Officers and a U-Haul employee found the body, identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s office as 50-year-old Henry Jernigan, wrapped in a tarp in the back of the vehicle.
Detectives said the vehicle had been stolen about a week before it was abandoned in an area near the 10 Freeway residents say has been plagued by illegal activity and dumping.
No details about Jernigan’s death, how his body ended up in the truck or any possible suspects in the case were immediately available.
Anyone with information on the case was asked to call LAPD at 1-877-275-5273.