EUREKA, Calif. — Police are investigating after a woman’s dead body was found in a load of recyclables that was picked up by a truck in Northern California.
The body was found Thursday morning at the Samoa Resources Recovery Center, the Eureka Police Department told The Associated Press.
“Based on the pickup route, it is believed the female had been picked up from within the city limits of Eureka,” police spokeswoman Brittany Powell said in a statement to The Press Democrat.
Police said they do not know how the unidentified woman came to be in the truck or whether she was dead when she was picked up, according to the AP.
The truck where the body was found is owned by Recology, SFGate reported. The private waste management company does business in California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada.
Police told SFGate that an autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
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