Luciano Martin Barajas, 28
Luciano Barajas, a 28 year-old Latino, was found in a shallow grave at 22550 E. Fork Road in the Angeles National Forest on Saturday, March 17.
His death was subsequently called a homicide. Detectives said he may have been killed up to two weeks earlier to the discovery of his body by a hiker. The hiker alerted authorities after seeing a foot sticking out of an unmarked grave in the mountains near a river bed, according to coroner's records.
Barajas was from South Gate. Anyone with information is asked to call (323) 890-5500.
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