A foul odor emanating from a moving van parked Thursday in a Mid-City neighborhood led authorities to find a dead body in the back of a U-Haul truck, police said.
Los Angeles police were called to the 2400 block of South Redondo Boulevard just before 11 a.m., Officer Charles Miller said. A passerby told police he saw what he thought was a body under a tarp in the back of the truck.
The passerby also reported a foul odor coming from the truck.
When officers arrived, they discovered the truck had been reported stolen, Miller said.
Police did not immediately release any information about the deceased, he said.
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