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Autopsy pending for Studio City man found dead in trash can
An autopsy was pending today in death of a 64-year-old man who was found in a trash can at his Studio City home, authorities said.
The body was discovered by the man's roommate, who came home about 5:30 p.m. Friday to find him dead in the house at 3908 Berry Drive, south of Ventura Boulevard, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Mike Kammert of the North Hollywood Station.
The roommate panicked for an unknown reason, put the body in a blanket and dumped it in a trash can, Kammert said.
He then went to a Hollywood nightclub and told friend what happened, Kammert said. His friends urged him to call police, which he did.
The roommate, whose name was withheld, was later arrested on an unrelated warrant, Kammert said.
Neighbors told a video crew at the scene that people had been coming and going from the house on Friday.
The death was being investigated as a probable accident, coroner's investigator Jerry McKibben said.
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