Coroner IDs Body Found in Trunk as North Hollywood Man

The body of Dion Michael Shivers, 44, was discovered last Friday

A body found last week in the trunk of a parked car in the in Harbor Gateway area near Gardena was identified Monday as that of a North Hollywood man.

The body of Dion Michael Shivers, 44, was discovered around 9:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in the 500 block of West 146th Street (map), according to the Los Angeles County Department of Cornoner.

A dog-walker noticed the trunk was ajar on a late-model Nissan that neighbors said had been parked on the street for days. Inside the trunk, he found a wrapped-up body.

The Los Angeles Police Department's Gang Homicide Division was investigating.

Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said an autopsy was pending to determine the cause of death.

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