The man found dead in a Castaic ditch last Thursday has been identified David Burns, 63, from Castaic, has been identified as the man that was found dead last Thursday, said Sarah Ardalani, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. At 6:25 p.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a person unresponsive in a ditch near the corner of ...

A serial number on the metal rod that was taken from the human remains found in the Santa Clara river wash in late August was sent to the manufacturing company that produced it to help investigators make a positive ID. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department officials are ...

Los Angeles County Coroner's Office officials have received the body of the man found with his throat slit on Aug. 14. and have positively identified him, but are still trying to make contact with the next of kin.

BY LEON WORDEN / SCVNEWS.COM The same day Sarah Alarid’s body was found in a deep ravine off of Sand Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest – Jan. 9 – emergency responders were investigating a simultaneous report of a shallow grave in the vicinity. In fact, it was a Sheriff’s Department helicopter crew which, while searching for the grave, ...