Law enforcement officials have provided an update on the discovery of a body on a beach in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The discovery was made on Saturday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. off a hiking trail near Pelican Cove, according to preliminary information.
The exact location of the body is near Dina’s Viewpoint, located on Palos Verdes Drive South.
At a press conference Sunday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Steve DeJong confirmed that deputies responded to the 31000 block of Palos Verdes Drive South when a female hiker, who was hiking Dina’s Viewpoint, encountered the body.
She subsequently called the sheriff’s department, who responded with the L.A. County Fire Department and confirmed that it was a human body upon making their way down the canyon searching the area. The person was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, Lt. DeJong stated.
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“While [the hiker] was admiring the surroundings, she looked down and noticed what she thought was a body down at the base of the cliff,” Lt. DeJong said. “The body was about 50 to 60 feet above the sea floor, and it appears based on our limited expertise with identifying decaying bodies, that it’s probably been there for a few months…it’s in a severe state of decay.”