Human Remains Recovered From Pipe in Costa Mesa

A California Highway Patrol vehicle in Orange, Calif., on May 22, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Authorities Oct. 19 recovered human remains from a blocked pipe at the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway at Baker Street in Costa Mesa.

Caltrans and California Highway Patrol officials became aware of the blockage Oct. 17 and requested that members of the Coroner Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department be on hand when the pipe was flushed, according to Sgt. Scott Steinle of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.