Yesterday, SantaCruz.com reported on the number of unsolved murders in the county, and how local police are sometimes hard-pressed to identify even the remains of the victims. Now they have another mystery to handle. The badly decomposed remains of a man were found in a remote area of Pogonip yesterday afternoon. Police Spokesman Zach Friend was quick to point out that there were no signs of foul play, and the death may have been the result of a drug overdose. According to him, drugs were found at the scene.
Yesterday, SantaCruz.com reported on the number of unsolved murders in the county, and how local police are sometimes hard-pressed to identify even the remains of the victims. Now they have another mystery to handle. The badly decomposed remains of a man were found in a remote area of Pogonip yesterday afternoon, according to a Santa Cruz Sentinel news report. Police Spokesman Zach Friend was quick to point out that there were no signs of foul play, and the death may have been the result of a drug overdose. According to him, drugs were found at the scene.
Police are collecting DNA from the remains, but it will take several weeks to process. One possibility, however, is that the remains belong to Michael DiVerde, 34, of Mountain View, who was declared missing by his family earlier this year. Police combed Pogonip in August, searching for DiVerde. Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel.
