Human head found in bag along trail near Hollywood sign

LA Times ^ | January 18, 2012 | Andrew Blankstein

[SunkenCiv]

Los Angeles police detectives are investigating the slaying of a man believed to be of Armenian descent whose head was discovered Tuesday afternoon by two dogs off a hiking trail below the Hollywood sign. Two women were hiking with nine dogs in the rugged hills near the 3200 block of Canyon Drive when two of the dogs found a plastic bag in the brush containing the head... In addition to combing the area for evidence, investigators will seek help from the Los Angeles County coroner to identify the victim through dental records

[SunkenCiv]

Authorities' vehicles can be seen at the location where the head was found. (KTLA)

[SunkenCiv]

The news always says that victims of plane crashes are being identified by their dental records. But if they don't know who *you* are, how the [BEEP] do they know who your dentist is?

[SunkenCiv]

Here’s one of the comments:

Joseph McLinden at 3:32 PM January 18, 2012 — Maybe it was the Head of the Occupy Hollywood Movement.

[my response: then the ass must be nearby]

[mylife]

Well that just puts the kibosh on your day.

[Travis McGee]

He always wanted to get ahead in Hollywood...

[Revolting cat!]

Heads up!

[Rastus]

It’s really basic statistics. With that many dogs, they were bound to find a human head.

[hadaclueonce]

It is a good thing it was not found in a plastic bag in Austin Texas...Who ever left it there...they would be in BIG trouble.

[Revolting cat!]

Whoever’s heading the investigation, his neck is on the line!

[cripplecreek]

Its not mine.

[FishinTX]

Headly Lamar?

[the invisib1e hand]

at first glance one can’t be faulted for assuming there is a south-of-the-border aspect to this gruesome find.

[muir_redwoods]

Narco-terrorism moves north

[rex regnum insanit]

What’s that in the road ahead? I mean, what’s that in the road, a head?

[Deaf Smith]

Nine dogs?

That's not a hike, that's mush team training.

[BerryDingle]

asked not to be identified because the probe was still unfolding.

Wow, that's a heluva probe.

[IrishPennant]

STOP a HEAD

[Revolting cat!]

I hate it when I lose my head!

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, unless of course you *want* to find a human head. If so, then aces! :’)

[ExCTCitizen]

Lost: 1 head...if found please call Dr. Frankenstein at 866 STRANGE GUY.

[SunkenCiv]

Head in a bag, it’s left to be found, will be identified, and will send a message to, well, we don’t know who, but they will.

[Liberty Valance]

[Popman]

-——Two women were hiking with nine dogs-——

I betcha the two women think of themselves as pet parents....

IMHO one of the most bizarre cultural phemonenons to work it’s way into our lexicon

I love my pets....but I am not their parents.....I am their owner

[Revolting cat!]

In L.A. it’ll be solved soon if it’s a talking head.

[SunkenCiv]

Apparently it wasn’t a Glad bag.

[Revolting cat!]

Good business: professional dog walking.

[cripplecreek]

Apparently it wasn’t a Glad bag.

Well it sure as hell ain't a happy sack.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

The news reported that there was a note nailed to the head.

It said, I ain’t got nobody.

[SunkenCiv]

/bingo

And, with that many dogs, these women could probably use an extra bag anyway.

[SunkenCiv]

Go Go Gadget Decapitate.

[the invisib1e hand]

In addition to combing the area for evidence

Head found in bag, police combing the area...

Not a pleasant word association.

[SunkenCiv]

“Lost: one Armenian guy. Salt and pepper hair. Slightly overweight. Possibly decapitated. Answers to ‘Lucky’.”

[dagogo redux]

Hell, how do they come to “believe” the guy is of Armenian descent if they don’t know who he was, and none of the rest of his body/belongings were found?

[Ezekiel]

Hollywood? Head?

[FishinTX]

And they said it was hard to get a head these days.

[the invisib1e hand]

And, with that many dogs, these women could probably use an extra bag anyway.

there are some good comebacks on this thread. I think this one is at the head of the list. You bagged it!

[SunkenCiv]

They should check in the brush.

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL!

[Deaf Smith]

Where's the body?
The other seven dogs were rolling on it while the women went to see what the first two found.

[SunkenCiv]

The first people at the scene reported that he was still alive. His last recorded statement was, "I can't feel my legs."

[SunkenCiv]

He was still biting down on a duduk mouthpiece.

[Ditter]

Good dogs! :D

[SunkenCiv]

Well, no one can say, “this thread is useless without pics” now.

[SunkenCiv]

The secret is to walk your dogs on Canyon Drive.

[SunkenCiv]

Clearly, this is a suicide. He left his note scrawled in grease pencil on that white writing area on the outside of the bag. Wait, it just sez, “leftovers”.

[Revolting cat!]

3 heads in Hollywood!

[Captain7seas]

wonder if there is a connection to the leg found at the blown up building in Oklahoma?

[JRandomFreeper]

Nine dogs? That's not a hike, that's mush team training.

Or sight hound training. I did enjoy my time babysitting Salukis when the owners were taking the champs to competitions. 8 of them.

Make sure the chickens are penned up.

But we never found a human head, or if they did, they didn't let me know.

/johnny

[SunkenCiv]

[IrishPennant]

Shouldn’t NCIS LA be involved somehow?