An unsettling discovery was made this Tuesday morning when a deceased elderly male was found on a Daly City trail. Authorities were alerted around 9:42 am, according to a statement from the Daly City Police Department. The North County Fire Authority was also at the scene, near Westline Drive, to assist with the investigation.
The body was stumbled upon by an area hiker who was likely not prepared to come face to face with death in such an immediate way. Officials have said that the man appeared to have been dead for a significant amount of time. The cause of death remains a mystery at the moment and is under thorough investigation by the Daly City Police and the San Mateo County Coroner's Office.
This incident has sparked concern in the Daly City community, an area not accustomed to frequently dealing with the dead revealed so openly in nature. The details surrounding the man's death are being kept tightly under wraps as the authorities have not released any further information about potential causes or circumstances leading up to the grim discovery. As of now, no identification has been made public.
The Police are actively appealing to the public to come forward with any scrap of information that could potentially help to cobble together the final moments of the deceased. "Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Daly City Police Department Investigations Division Commander at 650-991-8169," a call-out stated on the Police Department's Facebook page.
