Police are investigating a decomposed human body found in a field off Cochrane Circle in north Morgan Hill.
Morgan Hill police received a call 9:50 a.m. May 7 reporting “suspicious circumstances,” MHPD Sgt. Ray Ramos said. A landscaping crew that arrived to the area in the morning to do maintenance work at the surrounding business park found what appeared to be a human body and reported it to police.
Officers arrived and confirmed the remains were that of a deceased human, Ramos said. Officers do not yet know the gender or approximate age of the body.
“It appears it had been there for some time,” Ramos said.
As of about 10:45 a.m., detectives had not yet begun to process the scene.
Officers and patrol cars surrounded the entire block bound by Cochrane Circle, Cochrane Road and Monterey Road. The body was found at an unidentified spot inside this area, which consists of an undeveloped and overgrown field with tall grass, shrubs and weeds. The block, which is located within a business park, was also cordoned off with yellow police tape.
A small tractor sat in the field, but Ramos said he did not know if the machine was in any way related to the body.
Ramos added that MHPD would be calling the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office and District Attorney’s Office to assist in the ongoing investigation.
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