ID Revealed for Man Found Dead Near Altadena Hiking Trail

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

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LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner named the man found dead near a hiking trail February 26.

Jeffrey Brown, 61, died from as of yet unknown causes. The determination of what led to his death has been deferred pending additional investigation, according to the coroner.

First responders were called around Noon to a report of a man not breathing in a wash 20 yards of a hiking trail at the first hairpin turn off Pinecrest Drive, according to Lt. Ramirez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Crescenta Valley Station.

It is unclear how long Brown was dead before being discovered.

Brown is assumed to be homeless, according to the coroner.