Body found in Palo Alto parking garage identified
PALO ALTO, Calif. - A body found in a parking garage in downtown Palo Alto is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said on Monday.
The victim, 60-year-old James Allen Rudolph, died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to Santa Clara County. Rudolph's body was found on Friday on the first floor of a parking garage located near Bryant and Lytton Streets.
The victim was unhoused, police said.
When the victim's body was first discovered, officers were investigating the case as a suspicious death.
Investigators have not provided information on the circumstances surrounding the incident. They have not yet disclosed a possible suspect.