Mendocino Sheriff deputies asked to investigate death of Willits man

On 08-01-2016 at 11:55 AM, Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were summoned to a coroner's investigation at a remote address in the 18500 block of Walker Lake Road in Willits, California.

Upon arrival, Deputies found a deceased adult male who was subsequently identified as being Bryan Hammon who resided at the location.

The death was found to be suspicious in nature and Detectives from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Investigative Services Bureau were summoned to the scene.

Detectives were assisted by criminalists from the California Department of Justice in processing the scene to help in determining the cause of Hammon's death.

The investigation is ongoing and an autopsy was conducted on 08-02-2016 but results are pending BA and toxicology analysis.