Body found inside stolen U-Haul truck in Los Angeles
Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of a body inside a stolen U-Haul truck in Los Angeles' Mid City neighborhood on Thursday.
(KTLA) – Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of a body inside a stolen U-Haul truck in Los Angeles' Mid City neighborhood on Thursday.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded after a resident reported smelling a foul odor coming from the truck.
Officers and a U-Haul employee found a body wrapped in a tarp in the back of the vehicle.
Detectives say the vehicle had been stolen about a week ago and then abandoned on a street just south of the 10 Freeway - an area that residents say is plagued by illegal activity and dumping.
No information about the victim was immediately released.
Officers blocked several streets around the scene for their investigation.
KTLA's Carlos Saucedo contributed to this report.