Sept. 14--Authorities said they are still trying to determine the identity of a body found inside an unplugged refrigerator in the backyard of a San Fernando Valley home that was doubling as a marijuana grow-house.
The body, believed to be of a man in his 30s, was likely in the fridge for days, said homicide Det. Richard Wheeler of the Los Angeles Police Department. It appeared the man had been killed sometime in the last week, then stuffed inside the fridge in the backyard of the Sun Valley home, he said.
Officers were called to the home in the 11000 block of Runnymede Street about 5:30 a.m. Sunday by the property manager, who received an anonymous call that there was a body on the lot, Wheeler said.
While checking the house, police found more than 100 marijuana plants and equipment for a grow operation, he said. There have been no arrests but detectives believe they've identified the people who ran the operation and are investigating if they are responsible for the body in the fridge.
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Staff writer Matt Hamilton contributed to this report.
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