Update: Body found along railroad tracks in Salida; no cause of death yet

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department deputies are investigating the discovery of a body near railroad tracks in Salida on Monday afternoon.

Firefighters with the Salida Fire Department were called to the scene at about 1:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found the body on its back perpendicular to an opening of a fence to the west of the Union Pacific tracks about a half-mile north of the Kiernan Avenue-Elm Street intersection.

Lt. Marc Nuno of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department described the man as black and believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He said there were no visible traumatic wounds, and that the body had been there for two to three days.

He said nothing suspicious was found on the body. He said his department did not have an identification as of Monday afternoon. The cause of death would be determined by a toxicology test, Nuno said.

This story was originally published March 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Update: Body found along railroad tracks in Salida; no cause of death yet."