The body found on Wednesday near the Target in Canyon Country off of Golden Valley Road has been identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.
Marlon Blake Sardella, 53, of Phoenix, was found dead in a vehicle by a passerby at just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Deputy Adolfo Gonzalez with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. The civilian was able to flag down a deputy, who then performed a welfare check and discovered that Sardella was unconscious.
A cause of death was not released by the coroner’s office.
Gonzalez said on Wednesday that there is no indication of foul play.
