HESPERIA, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A deceased man was found near a riverbed in Hesperia on Tuesday morning after a transient alerted employees at a nearby business to the discovery.
The incident was reported just before 10:00 a.m. on June 16, 2026, in the 18600 block of Bear Valley Road, east of Mojave Fish Hatchery Road.
According to information provided to VVNG by Lyndsi Garrett, public information officer for the Hesperia Police Department, deputies responded to the location after a male transient walked into a business and informed staff that there was a body underneath a nearby tree next to the riverbed.
Deputies were directed to the area, where they located a deceased adult male near the riverbed.
Garrett said no foul play is suspected in the death.
The cause of death remains pending, and the identity of the decedent is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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