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sheriffline[KHTS] Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded Thursday to a report of a man found with his throat slashed in a warehouse bathroom at the Valencia Industrial Center around 11:25 a.m., officials said Thursday.

The man was found alive inside the restroom of a business in the 24900 block of Avenue Kearny in Valencia, according to Sheriff’s Station officials.

Deputies and Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau detectives were on scene Thursday afternoon, in front of Platinum Pets and Exclusive Powder Coating, two businesses operating in the warehouse where the body was found.

It is not known if the victim worked at either location at this time.

Initial reports indicate the death might have been a suicide, although determining the cause of death is part of an active investigation being conducted at this time, officials said.

A representative from Platinum Pets declined to talk to the media when reached by phone Thursday afternoon.

Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene at 11:26 a.m., according to fire officials.

Fire officials were on scene by 11:34 a.m., and the victim was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No other information, including the name of the victim, is available at this time, officials said.

“Platinum Pets is located in Valencia, California and is a manufacturer of eco-friendly, designer products for your pets,” according the company’s website. “Since 1996, we’ve operated our finishing business in a 15,000 square foot facility.”

Exclusive Powder Coating is a business “specializing in powder coating, sandblasting and pad printing,” according the company’s website.

Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives were still actively investigating as of publication.

No arrests have been made at this time, according to officials.

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128 Comments

  1. Karla Love Karla Love says:

    dude Vanessa Rivera wtf is going on Valencia becoming the place of crime in SCV yikes..

  2. Alot of people dont know how to deal with problems unfortunately

  3. Yeah, that definitely sounds pretty suspicious.

  4. Teresa Moran Teresa Moran says:

    Wow and they say palmdale & lancaster are bad !!!

  5. ^The AV IS bad…. Scv is still blessedly safe compared to the AV.

  6. Austin Enzen Austin Enzen says:

    SCV has been rated one of the safest cities in CA many times over. Doesn’t mean that we don’t have crime, and from growing up in av, SCV is SOO much safer.

  7. Good idea keeping the border open?

  8. What is going on praying for the family of the man .

  9. I use to work in the Valencia industrial center.

  10. How could this not sound suspicious? Because a sliced throat is just so normal and unsuspicious…..

  11. Oh my God, how awful…. sad for his family

  12. Ashley May Ashley May says:

    This place is full of crime but we don’t hear about it bc authorities keep it so under raps ppl think nothing goes on around here awesome town my ass its an awesome facade portrayed by scv sheriffs and city officials shine on SCV don’t forget to lock your doors it is necessary

  13. Kara Eckert Kara Eckert says:

    Taylor Boothe maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t work today!!!

  14. Awesometown is going crazy!!

  15. Wow, right near my office! Second crime near me this week. What’s happening to Awesome Town?!?

  16. Jim Oge Jr Jim Oge Jr says:

    Austin we are the 6 safest city we used to be 4.

  17. Jim Oge Jr Jim Oge Jr says:

    Austin we are the 6 safest city we used to be 4.

  18. Jim Oge Jr Jim Oge Jr says:

    Austin we are the 6 safest city we used to be 4.

  19. Wasn’t that where u lived b4?

  20. Wasn’t that where u lived b4?

  21. Wasn’t that where u lived b4?

  22. This land belongs to Mexico! All you ignorant people need to get a life. Read the signs all in Spanish

  23. This land belongs to Mexico! All you ignorant people need to get a life. Read the signs all in Spanish

  24. This land belongs to Mexico! All you ignorant people need to get a life. Read the signs all in Spanish

  25. You kown no white people came up with these names! !!!!

  26. You kown no white people came up with these names! !!!!

  27. You kown no white people came up with these names! !!!!

  28. Oh, messy & sad event that made some family very sad today.

  29. Oh, messy & sad event that made some family very sad today.

  30. Oh, messy & sad event that made some family very sad today.

  31. JoAnn says:

    Prayers to the family of the victim. There is crime in every city in the world…my heart breaks for his family. We should pull together as a community instead of critizing the town

  32. Wow Linda Ornelas!! How racist are you. I am Hispanic and love my parents culture but this is the United states. So does Koreatown belong to Korea? If so which one north or south.

  33. Wow Linda Ornelas!! How racist are you. I am Hispanic and love my parents culture but this is the United states. So does Koreatown belong to Korea? If so which one north or south.

  34. Wow Linda Ornelas!! How racist are you. I am Hispanic and love my parents culture but this is the United states. So does Koreatown belong to Korea? If so which one north or south.

  35. Very strange indeed…

  36. Pagen su cundina porfavor

  37. Thats scary i have family that work over there. Very scary

  38. Jen Phelps Jen Phelps says:

    This article is so awful to read. Mentions he was found alive, but a body was found, and they aren’t ruling out suicide. The only suspicious thing here is the lack of the writers ability to produce a well written article.

  39. Linked to immigration? ? Since I graduated highschool I lost more friends to drugs living in Ur “wonderful scv”… u must be in denial drugs also had something to do with the guy getting shot at tbe recycling center trying to intervene in a drug robbery. … naive people

  40. Well our conditions are not as bad…. one thing happens and peopl come out of hiding thinking they know whats going on in scv

  41. Im losing friends all the time to drugs in a variety of ways

  42. Bunch of pussy haha scared of Santa Clarita gangs

  43. JIm S says:

    get a life people!

  44. Because you are dumb enough to think that one rash action, like closing the border is the answer to all you problems. You should really read what laws are before ignorantly trying to interpret them

  45. Brandon Cook Brandon Cook says:

    U right Alex we need to get them Mexicans outa here dernn admit

  46. Wow sad way too close to home.

  47. Someone told me some movie came out I think called purge and now people are taking it to real life and started last night killing people hope this is not part of that

  48. Someone told me some movie came out called purge and people are doing it for real it started yesterday a friends daughter told me about it
    I have to google it not sure if this is related

  49. Marlyn Manson says:

    This happened right off Ave Mentry, close to Tibetts, not anywhere near Stanford. I work in the building behind this building and seen it go down. I hear it might have been a family dispute so I find it odd that they won’t release the victims name until next of kin is notified.

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