Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Deputies Discover Body Near Car 900 Feet off Kanan Dume Road

A search-and-rescue team is on its way.

Originally posted at 4:59 p.m. July 16, 2014. Edited with new details.

A Malibu Search and Rescue team today located the body of a man near a car found 900 feet below Kanan Dume Road near Newton Canyon Road.

The car was first reported to the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff's Station Tuesday shortly before 5 p.m., said Lt. Jennifer Barsh.

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Barsh said that a full-fledged search didn't resume until today.

According to Lt. John Lecrivain, a man's body was found near the wreckage of the car and the coroner's office and sheriff's homicide detectives were investigating the case.

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