Authorities find body near Petaluma intersection; no ‘obvious signs’ of foul play

Police don’t suspect foul play in the death of a man found Wednesday morning in southeast Petaluma, officials said.

The body was located about 7:45 a.m. after Petaluma police received a report of someone laying down near Casa Grande Road and Lakeville Highway, Lt. Matthew Parnow said.

Responding paramedics located the man, whose age wasn’t known, off the roadway and pronounced the person deceased.

Police arrived and placed screens around the body about 8:40 a.m., according to a Press Democrat reporter who was at the scene.

An investigation is ongoing, but officials said they do not believe the man was hit by a vehicle, Parnow said.

“There does not appear to be any obvious signs of foul play,” he said.

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