Autopsy leads to police homicide investigation in death near Sacramento Marina
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- An autopsy prompted Sacramento police to investigate Ramp Way homicide.
- Michael Phillip Lopez, 53, was found dead near Miller Regional Park.
- Homicide detectives ask anyone with information to call the Police Department.
Results from an autopsy now lead investigators to believe a man found dead last weekend at Miller Regional Park in Sacramento was a victim of a homicide.
Michael Phillip Lopez, 53, was found dead Sunday in the 2700 block of Ramp Way near the Sacramento Marina, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Friday. Lopez’s city of residence was not available.
The incident was initially reported shortly after 2 p.m. as a medical aid call at the location just south of Front Street between Interstate 5 and the Sacramento River. Medics from the Sacramento Fire Department arrived and found Lopez’s body and called for Sacramento police officers to respond.
The Coroner’s Office launched an investigation into Lopez’s death. On Thursday, following the autopsy, the Sacramento Police Department received information that led investigators to believe Lopez’s death was a homicide.
Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation, police said in a news release Friday.
Investigators asked anyone with relevant information about this homicide to call the Police Department at 916-808-5471 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357.
