Crime

Burned body found in Auburn-area regional park

The burned body of a man was found in a parking lot in an Auburn-area regional park on Tuesday.

An employee at Hidden Falls Regional Park arrived to unlock a gate at a parking lot around 6 a.m. Tuesday and noticed the body. The employee saw the man had been burned to death, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.

The body, found near a well-used trail head, has not been identified.

“Per our protocol, we are treating it as a homicide, along with the coroner’s division, until there is reason not to,” said sheriff’s Sgt. Nelson Resendes.

Bill Lindelof: 916-321-1079, @Lindelofnews

This story was originally published September 29, 2015 at 1:45 PM.

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