Crime & Safety
Body Found Wrapped In Plastic At Homeless Encampment
The CHP discovered the body in San Leandro at an encampment next to a highway.
SAN LEANDRO, CA — The California Highway Patrol is investigating a death at a homeless camp after a body wrapped in plastic was found Wednesday evening near a freeway off-ramp in San Leandro.
The CHP was called about 7 p.m. to an encampment near the Hesperian Boulevard/Spring Lake ramp from northbound Interstate Highway 238.
Officers found the body, which had been covered or wrapped in a plastic sheet.
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It's not known how the person died and whether the plastic sheeting was placed there by someone else or used as a covering, the CHP said in a statement.
The person's name hasn't been released.
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A cause of death will be determined by the Alameda County Coroner's Office.
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