Crime & Safety
Body Dumped on Brea Canyon is Identified
Police have released the name of the person whose remains were found in a trash can along a stretch of Brea Canyon Road.
The body found in a trash can left on the side of Brea Canyon Road was identified today as a man from Santa Ana, Brea police said.
Jose Ramiro Baez Paredes, 46, was also known as Ramiro Baez Parades, police said. The man's last known address was in Santa Ana. Lt. Jerry Brakebill said the cause of death had not yet been determined, and a homicide investigation continued.
A motorist who had noticed the container on the south side of the street, just south of Tonner Canyon Road, for more than a week and stopped to investigate "opened it up, and, when they realized there was a body inside" called police at 3:08 p.m. Friday,
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Police closed off Brea Canyon Road from Central Avenue to Tonner Canyon Road for the investigation.
Police urged anyone with information to contact Brea Police Detective Rueben Alonzo at (714) 990-7637.
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