A body was found Thursday in a bag on top of a fertilizer pile in the Begg Field parking lot in Manhattan Beach.

Sheriff’s Department detectives, called in to handle the investigation, said Manhattan Beach city workers found the body earlier in the day. The body appears to be that of a young Hispanic male, a coroner’s investigator said Friday morning.

Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Coleman said the body had not yet been connected with any current missing persons cases. If there was a homicide, Coleman did not believe it occurred at the field, but rather the body had been dumped there.

The fertilizer mound had been delivered to the field the previous day. Investigators have contacted the fertilizer vendor, although it’s not clear if the body was in the fertilizer or placed on top of it later.

A crowd of onlookers gathered at the top of the ramp leading down to the field Thursday evening as authorities waited for coroner’s workers to remove the body.

Coleman said they are seeking information from anyone who might have seen suspicious activity near the field. Anyone with information should call the sheriff’s hotline at 323-890-5500.

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