Police are investigating the possibility of a suspicious death after the badly decomposed body of an unknown man was discovered in a drainage canal along the U.S.-Mexico border in south San Diego.
According to the San Diego Police Department, the grisly discovery was made by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the San Ysidro Port of Entry Tuesday around 5:15 p.m. The body was discovered lying in the river basin, officials said.
Police detectives were called in to investigate and found evidence at the scene indicating the victim’s death may have been suspicious in nature. The body was so badly decomposed that detectives were unable to determine a cause of death.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner will now conduct an autopsy on the man to determine his identity and cause of death, police said.
No further details were immediately released as of Wednesday morning. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information on this case should call the SDPD’s homicide unit at (888) 580-8477.
