BODY FOUND IN ORCHARD

A dead man was found in an orchard east of Bakersfield. The discovery was made around 11:00 AM Monday by farm workers among orange trees at Edison Highway and Comanche Drive and deputies say he had only been dead a few hours at the most. There are no suspects and an I.D. is pending but Sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt said evidence was found at the scene although he did no elaborate. He did say there were obvious signs of trauma and that it’s possible the man could have been killed elsewhere and dumped in the orchard.