Human remains continue to be found on the coast around the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
A human body in a “state of decay” was found by a hiker Saturday on beach rocks off a trail in Rancho Palos Verdes, according to law enforcement officials.
The discovery follows recent discoveries of a human skull and bones, two legs and a femur at various locations along the peninsula. Thus far, police and medical examiners have been unable to identify whose remains they are or a cause of death.
On Tuesday, a small boat belonging to two missing fishermen was found upturned near the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates. After a days-long effort, a Coast Guard search was called off with the men presumed dead.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the body found Saturday had “probably been there for months … it’s in a state of decay.”
The trail of events:
Nov. 18: A human skull and a human bone were found near the 300 block of Paseo Del Mar. Palos Verdes Estates police searched the beach area and found more bones.
Monday: Fishermen who apparently ignored a small craft warning went missing amid high winds and powerful waves.
Wednesday: A human leg washed up on the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar, near where the abandoned boat was found.
Thursday: Another human leg and a femur washed up near the same place.
Sunday: A body was found.
Palos Verdes Estates police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said their investigations continue.
