ADELANTO: Body in the Desert

A body was found in a desert area of Adelanto Sunday afternoon. SBSO Adelanto and SBCo Fire responded around 1:15 PM to a call of a possible deceased person in the field near the intersection of Air Expressway Blvd (11800block) and Pearmain Street. Paramedics pronounced the victim decease on arrival. SBSO Homicide detectives were called to the scene to investigate. It is not unknown whether the victim died of, as a result of the high heat, or as the result of an assault. This is the second body found in the high desert in the past four days. On Thursday a man’s body was found in Lucerne Valley.