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Authorities Investigating Suspicious Death In Santa Barbara County

(Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office photo)
Authorities investigate the discovery of a body in the Lompoc area.

Authorities are investigating what’s being called a suspicious death on the Central Coast.

Someone spotted the body of a man lying next to a vehicle on the 5000 block of Santa Rosa Road in Lompoc just before nine Friday morning.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.   Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies say they found evidence at the scene which made the death suspicious.

Detective s haven’t released the name of the man yet, and aren’t saying why the death is considered to be suspicious.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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