A 41-year-old man whose bullet-riddled body was found in a trash bin on a truck in Lancaster was publicly identified Tuesday by the county Medical Examiner's Office.
Deputies responded to a missing person call around 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the 44000 block of Beech Avenue, just west of Sierra Highway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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Lt. Steve Dejong said the deputies stopped a large truck leaving the area and found the body of the victim -- identified as William Aldridge of Lancaster -- in an open trash bin in the back.
He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, Dejong said.
Several individuals were detained in connection with the case, but authorities did not specify how many people were being questioned or whether any arrests had been made.
Anyone with information regarding the death was urged to call the sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go to lacrimestoppers.org.
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