Updated, 6 p.m. Sunday: The family of missing UCLA student David John Goeser,22, who was reported missing on July 22, posted the following message on Facebook Sunday: “Dear friends, we’ve been notified by LAPD that Saturday a body was found in the Pacific Palisades area that fits David’s description. While the family continues to work with law enforcement to confirm the identity, we ask for your prayers and ongoing support. Your respect for the privacy of the Goeser family during this difficult time is appreciated.” The Los Angeles Coroner’s Office has yet to identify the remains found near Los Liones Canyon Trail. — Two hikers discovered human remains Saturday near the Los Liones Canyon Trail in the 500 block of Los Liones Drive in Pacific Palisades, according to police officials. At about 11:15 a.m., West Los Angeles Area police officers responded to a radio call of a “death investigation” near Los Liones, according to an LAPD press release. “The hikers reported their finding to a nearby L.A. City fire station who in turn notified police,” stated police in a release. “Upon arrival, officers were directed to an area near a hiking trail not far from the entrance to the Los Liones Canyon Trail where they observed the remains of what appeared to be a human skull.” Police officers searched the area and “observed the skeletal remains of a human torso approximately 50 feet from the skull,” according to the release. Detectives from the West Bureau Homicide Unit and investigators from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office have responded to the scene. The exact cause and mode of death have yet to be determined until an autopsy is performed. The remains have not been identified, police said.
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