Woman’s Body Found Near Shopping Center in Santa Clarita

Woman’s Body Found Near Shopping Center in Santa Clarita
A law enforcement officer puts up police tape at a crime scene in a file image. (Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images)
City News Service
1/2/2024
Updated:
1/12/2024
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A woman’s body was found Jan. 2 in the parking lot of a shopping center in the Santa Clarita area.

The body was discovered about 10:15 a.m. in the 24300 block of Magic Mountain Parkway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and reports from the scene.

Information was not immediately available on the woman’s identity or cause of death.

According to the Santa Clarita Valley Signal, the body of the woman, who was in her 60s, was discovered near a Big 5 Sporting Goods store, and deputies could be seen looking through a gray SUV with a Florida license plate.

Sheriff’s Lt. Richard O'Neal told The Signal there was no indication of foul play or homicide.