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[KHTS] – Officials with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released the identification for a man found dead Wednesday in his car in a Ralphs parking lot in Santa Clarita.

Canyon Country dead bodySanta Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies found Cloud Volkert, 54, of Northridge, around 5:15 p.m. dead in a Buick Century.

The vehicle was parked in a lot facing Soledad Canyon Road, about a half-block before Whites Canyon Road. Volkert’s body was found slumped over in the driver’s seat. A witness reported seeing an alcohol container in the car.

The cause of death was pending an autopsy, which had not yet been performed, according to Lt. David Smith

Deputies on the scene did not report the appearance of foul play, and Homicide Bureau detectives from the Sheriff’s Department were not called to the scene.

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36 Comments

  1. Good thoughts for his family..This is so sad.

  2. GOD BLESS THESE SITUATIONS

  3. Yes, sad. Looks like he just passes there. No foul play. At least he wasn’t driving when he passed. Poor guy, not that old.

  4. Vianka Ramos says:

    So sad. God have his soul

  5. Vianka Ramos says:

    So sad. God have his soul

  6. Renee Page says:

    And yesterday all the haters were talking about the area :-P

  7. Renee Page says:

    And yesterday all the haters were talking about the area :-P

  8. Renee Page, i agree! People dont know how good they have it here.. other than drugs.. we are very lucky compared to most. Things happen. These things happen everywhere. . Is SCV supposed to be the perfect suburb with nothing wrong? If you dont like it, leave!

  9. Renee Page, i agree! People dont know how good they have it here.. other than drugs.. we are very lucky compared to most. Things happen. These things happen everywhere. . Is SCV supposed to be the perfect suburb with nothing wrong? If you dont like it, leave!

  10. Amen Renee Page. Every one was jumping to conclusions and assumptions. Poor guy probably wasn’t feeling well and decided to stop and sit. :-(

  11. tgee says:

    Sad. He was a great soul. We will miss him.

  12. Juan Gomez says:

    Allison Malson, Yeah as if it was so easy to just pick up everything and leave. I would if i could, hardcore drugs are easier to get then alcohol(mostly meth and heroin), people being stabbed at parks and in school, cops abusing there power and MURDERING people when they get the chance, not to mention gangs, rapes, robbery, shootings, meth houses, and crazy homeless people high off there ass trying to cause trouble in the bike paths, and attempted kidnappings. Most of these are in canyon country alone. Yeah but you’re right, we have it so good here. I mean, its nothing like Compton or anything like that.

  13. Omg I was there I had no idea they found a body

  14. Poor Cloud’s time finally came…. I liked that guy.

  15. Mary Jayy Tee Mary Lou Saldana crazy this is canyon country ralphs parking lot !

  16. I am so sorry to hear this, we are going to miss you Cloud, thank you for helping me clean my garden, you made it look so much better. May you rest in peace now.

  17. I am so sorry to hear this, we are going to miss you Cloud, thank you for helping me clean my garden, you made it look so much better. May you rest in peace now.

  18. Sorry for the family. In prayers

  19. Sorry for the family. In prayers

  20. Kelly Parco says:

    May you rest in peace and be with the angels Cloud.

  21. Kelly Parco says:

    May you rest in peace and be with the angels Cloud.

  22. RIP Cloud you were a very dear friend that always made me smile and never had a bad word about anyone or anything.I will always remember you as one as the great ones that I truly cared about.

  23. cheri says:

    So very sad, people who live in SCV you should know there is no “perfect” city. There’s a very high rate of herion in that city

  24. I didn’t know Cloud but blessings on him and his family. Life is a mystery that only GOD knows the answer.

  25. You just dont know when and where is gonna happen

  26. I saw the same thing but it was a lady in a new ford focus and she just gone:/

  27. I saw the same thing but it was a lady in a new ford focus and she just gone:/

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