LOCAL : Body Discovered in Laguna Hills

Orange County sheriff’s deputies were attempting to determine the identity of a woman whose body was found this morning behind a small Laguna Hills shopping center.

Sheriff’s Lt. Dick Olson said the woman’s body was discovered about 3 a.m. in the 23000 block of Ridge Route Drive by Leisure World security officers.

The woman was in her early 40s, fully clothed, wearing a black dress and found lying face down. There were no obvious signs of trauma, Olson said.

“It appears that she was brought from somewhere else and put there,” Olson said. “But we’re not going to know for sure unless we have the results of the autopsy.”

Olson said coroner officials will perform an autopsy later today.