RIO LINDA, Calif. — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was found dead in the back of a U-Haul van.
According to a news release, the California Highway Patrol responded to a neighborhood on I Street in Rio Linda around 3:30 p.m. Sunday to recover a moving van that had been reported stolen. Officers found a human body in the back of the van and called the sheriff’s office.
Investigators suspected the death was suspicious and requested additional detectives, and it’s now being investigated as a homicide.
The news release says the unidentified victim had been shot multiple times.
Anyone with information can call the sheriff’s office at 916-874-5115.
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