For the second time this month, Morgan Hill Police found a body of a man who died in a public area, apparently due to illness or a medical condition, according to authorities.
On Saturday morning, June 16, police responded to an area beside Rite Aid, 16000 Monterey Road, for a report of an unresponsive adult, according to MHPD Sgt. Troy Hoefling.
Police arrived and confirmed the man was dead. Officers do not suspect he died of foul play. Hoefling said the man was transient and had a “plethora of medical conditions.”
“You could tell where he made his bed for the evening, and never got up,” Hoefling said.
The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Victor Goehner, 63, of Morgan Hill.
The death is the second body found in a public place in Morgan Hill this month.
On June 6, Kevin Hart, 54, of Morgan Hill, was found dead outside a commercial building at 16975 Monterey Road, at the intersection of Spring Avenue. Nothing was suspicious about Hart’s death either, and police think he died of unspecified medical issues.
Man struck, killed by train
An Amtrak train hit and killed a pedestrian in north Morgan Hill the evening of June 17.
Just after 8pm, the train reportedly struck an adult male who was sitting on the tracks in the area of Monterey Road and Cochrane Road, according to Hoefling. Just before the train hit him, the man had been sitting on one of the track rails, with his legs stretched to the side.
The coroner’s office as well as Amtrak police assisted MHPD in gathering evidence and investigating the scene. Foul play is not suspected in the death.
On Tuesday, the coroner’s office identified the man as Victor Lopez-Granados, 33, of Morgan Hill.
Authorities are continuing to investigate the death to determine why Lopez-Granados was sitting on the tracks as the train approached, Hoefling said.
