Body Found in Channel Identified
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The Ventura County coroner’s office has identified a man found dead earlier this month in a Newbury Park flood-control channel as 29-year-old Rigoberto Ortega.
Ortega, who lived in the area, died as a result of choking on one of several plastic bags in his mouth, officials said. His body was found Feb. 1.
Ortega was identified through his fingerprints.
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