The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office has identified the body found in San Ramon Creek, near Las Lomas High, as Adam Milford, 47, of Moraga.
The Coroner's Office said the cause of death is still being investigated.
According to various news reports, a passerby discovered the body at about 8:15 a.m. near the school's entrance at 1460 South Main Street. Lt. Mark Perlite said there were no obvious signs of why the man died, and police told Las Lomas High Principal Pat Lickiss that it doesn't immediately appear that the man died of foul play.
Walnut Creek police issued a press release Wednesday afternoon, indicating that Milford had been reported missing out of Moraga on Tuesday. And again, police said in this release, that "there were no obvious signs of trauma or foul play to the body."
The autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
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December 30, 2009
Foul play not immediately suspected in death of unidentified man found in creek near Las Lomas High
So far, police do not suspect foul play in the death of a man whose body was found in the creek near the entrance of Las Lomas High at about 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Pat Lickiss, the principal of Las Lomas High, said he received a phone call from Walnut Creek police, shortly after the man's body was found. He said police told him that the man, white and his 30s or 40s, has no connection to the school--and that his death so far does not look to be the result of foul play.
However, the Contra Costa County Coroner's Office, which took possession of the body sometime before 11 a.m. will determine the cause of death, though an autopsy is not expected to take place today. A Coroner's deputy also said that his office will try to learn the identify of the man.
According to various news reports, Lt. Mark Perlite said there were no obvious signs of why the man died. A passerby discovered the body at about 8:15 a.m. near the school's entrance at 1460 South Main Street. The discovery put the school in official "lockdown," though the campus is pretty much closed for the winter holiday, save for a small number of staff and administrators on campus.
I do wonder if he was one of Walnut Creek's homeless--or "residentially challenged"--population. We all know that these people set up camps, or even bed down for the night, along the banks of creeks around town. If this man happens to belong this segment of our community's population, his death, sad and tragic as it is, may point to questions I raised in a post yesterday about our local homeless population.
Pat Lickiss, the principal of Las Lomas High, said he received a phone call from Walnut Creek police, shortly after the man's body was found. He said police told him that the man, white and his 30s or 40s, has no connection to the school--and that his death so far does not look to be the result of foul play.
However, the Contra Costa County Coroner's Office, which took possession of the body sometime before 11 a.m. will determine the cause of death, though an autopsy is not expected to take place today. A Coroner's deputy also said that his office will try to learn the identify of the man.
According to various news reports, Lt. Mark Perlite said there were no obvious signs of why the man died. A passerby discovered the body at about 8:15 a.m. near the school's entrance at 1460 South Main Street. The discovery put the school in official "lockdown," though the campus is pretty much closed for the winter holiday, save for a small number of staff and administrators on campus.
I do wonder if he was one of Walnut Creek's homeless--or "residentially challenged"--population. We all know that these people set up camps, or even bed down for the night, along the banks of creeks around town. If this man happens to belong this segment of our community's population, his death, sad and tragic as it is, may point to questions I raised in a post yesterday about our local homeless population.
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