An on-duty Orange County sheriff's investigator was found dead in the driver's seat of an unmarked Ford Crown Victoria in Aliso Viejo on Wednesday.
The veteran investigator's body was found about 2:30 p.m. in an unmarked Ford Crown Victoria parked in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 26700 block of Aliso Creek Road near Enterprise. Blood covered the front seat. -- OC RegisterEarly news reports described a "body ... discovered ... in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz." It is unclear whether the man was killed or committed suicide. An investigation is ongoing, according to Susan Schroeder of the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
