CHP: Suicide likely after man found hanging from tree near I-80 and Roseville
A spokesman for the CHP Valley Division on Tuesday morning said the death of a man, hanging by rope from a tree off of Interstate 80 south of Roseville on Saturday, is not currently being considered as suspicious and is now being looked at as suicide.
“It’s not being considered like a homicide or anything of that nature,” Officer Eulogio Ceja said.
The California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento office in an original news release said that after an anonymous 911 call around 9 p.m. Saturday reported a dead pedestrian, arriving officers and fire personnel discovered a man hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck about 30 feet away from eastbound I-80 near Riverside Avenue, between Citrus Heights and Roseville.
CHP spokesman Officer Greg Zumstein said Monday that no vehicles were noted to have been parked in the vicinity of the body.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides confidential assistance to anyone in crisis and their loved ones through a live chat and free 24-hour hotline: 800-273-8255. WellSpace Health operates the Sacramento region’s 24-hour hotline: 916-368-3111 or text HOPE to 916-668-4226.
This story was originally published January 14, 2020 at 8:31 AM.
