Homicide Investigation Underway After Body Found Near Van Buren Bridge In Riverside

KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles

August 28, 2023

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a body was found near a riverbed in Riverside.

According to a statement from Riverside Police Department, officers were dispatched to the river bottom area near the Regional Water Quality Control Plant and the Van Buren after receiving reports of a possible dead body found on July 31 at around 9:30 a.m.

After their preliminary investigation, detectives with RPD's Robbery-Homicide Unit were called to assume the case.

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