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A man was found dead in a Castaic ditch Thursday, however it is not being investigated as a homicide.
Around 6:25 p.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a person unresponsive in a ditch near the corner of Parker and The Old Roads in Castaic, said Lt. Brandon Barclay, with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
“There was a male hispanic around 30 to 40 found in a ditch with a empty bottle of alcohol next to him,” Barclay said.
As of Friday, officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is not investigating the man’s death.
The identity of the victim has not been released pending the next of kin.
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Why is this news?! Vagrants are found somewhere, everyday unfortunately because of their chosen lifestyles & constant refusal for help———
Sadly there is a low life transient community in the Castaic Trucking district, the Castaic washes, and any vacant land they can walk to. The contribution of these walking dead on civilization is just staggering. And nothing else. I wonder if he was found by circling vultures or the horrid stench of de-comp.
Round them up,
Herd them out,
Hose them down,
Medicate, incarcerate, eradicate,
Riding in Rawhide!
They sure didn’t have these problems during the days of Rawhide, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, Big Valley—back then a Man was a MAN & was too busy working their butts off to care for their binary family, respecting their neighbors & towns, which is what built this once wonderful (not perfect) country! Immigrants came here from different countries with different languages and respectfully assimilated with earned pride & dignity to become one, Americans with pride of their heritages!