Man's body found near Salton Sea; sheriff calls scene ‘suspicious’
The death of a man whose body was found near the Salton Sea is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.
The Imperial County Sheriff's Office said the body of the victim, 34-year-old Pedro Montes Jr. of Salton City, was found on Sunday, May 17.
Someone reported discovering a possible dead body in the area of Plaza and Panorama avenues in Salton City, a community on the western edge of the Salton Sea, that Sunday morning. Responding deputies found the body and "noted the scene to be suspicious in nature," the sheriff's office said in a press release.