Man's body found in trunk of car in Vermont Knolls

VERMONT KNOLLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An investigation is underway after a body was found in the trunk of a vehicle in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of Los Angeles.

LAPD officers responded to a call of an abandoned vehicle in the 8300 block of Hoover Avenue shortly before noon on Thursday.

When they arrived, they found the body of a Hispanic man in the trunk, police said. It was not clear how the victim died.

Investigators said the vehicle belonged to a missing person.

No further information was released.