Body found in rundown home. Fresno County deputies calling it a suspicious death
A man scrapping for metal found a body inside a rundown home on Willow Avenue near Jensen Avenue on Sunday, deputies said.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene around 4 p.m. and deputies found the body of a man inside the house, said Sgt. Quintin Hawkins. Part of Willow Avenue was blocked off into the evening as deputies investigated.
He was identified Tuesday by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office as Ka Vang Her, 34, of Fresno.
Her been at the scene for 24 to 36 hours, according to the coroner’s estimates. There was a wound to his head, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday, and the death is being called suspicious, Hawkins said, but it hasn’t been determined whether it is a homicide or if the man died from natural causes.
It appeared that the victim had been squatting in the home, Hawkins said.
An autopsy has been performed and acause of death is pending the results of toxicology tests, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 559-600-3111 or Detective Juan Galindo at 559-600-3111. You may also contact Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867 or valleycrimestoppers.org.
This story was originally published October 21, 2018 at 5:49 PM.