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Death investigation launched in Palmdale, victim ID’d

by The AV Times Staff • June 2, 2021

PALMDALE – Sheriff’s officials have released few details about a death investigation that was launched in Palmdale late Tuesday afternoon.

Homicide investigators responded around 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, June 1,  to the area near West Avenue O and Legacy Lane where a  “male adult victim was pronounced deceased at the scene,” according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“There is no additional information available at this time,” the news release states.

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday identified the victim as 43-year-old Joseph Michael Montoya of Rosamond. An examination is pending to determine his cause of death, coroner’s officials said.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Editor’s note: We will update this story when more information becomes available.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

5 comments for "Death investigation launched in Palmdale, victim ID’d"

  1. Jayden says

    November 19, 2021 at 8:19 am

    A drug gang killed that fool. Forty percent of residents in Palmdale and Lancaster are gangsters and drug dealers. The sheriff’s are weak. The drug dealers are to strong. It’s a gangster paradise, it’s a new way of life.

    • Tim Scott says

      November 19, 2021 at 9:39 am

      This is daft, in a pure mathematics sense. How in the heck do you think that two hundred thousand drug dealers could make a living in the Antelope Valley? I know you are just blathering to hear yourself blather, but get a grip.

    • Abraham Lincoln says

      November 19, 2021 at 1:44 pm

      97.3% of all statistics you read in chat comments are made up on the spot

      • Tim Scott says

        November 19, 2021 at 2:51 pm

        I’d vote for you Abe, for your sense of humor.

  2. Deceased At Scene says

    June 2, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    The update should be interesting.

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