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'Badly decomposed' body found near 10 Freeway in Sawtelle area

Published August 24, 2020 5:01pm PDT

City News Service

LOS ANGELES - A "badly decomposed" body was found Monday afternoon near the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in the Sawtelle area.

The unidentified body was found sometime after 2 p.m. in an embankment near the freeway at Centinela Avenue, according to the Sgt. Dustin Dimmerof the California Highway Patrol's West Los Angeles station.

One westbound lane of the freeway and the Centinela Avenue off-ramp were closed for the investigation.

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