By Khalida Sarwari
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a wooded area off of state Highway 1 near Carmel late Wednesday morning.
A person looking for mushrooms near the intersection of Highway 1 and Carpenter Street found the body shortly before noon, sheriff’s Cmdr. Mike Richards said.
There was no indication of foul play, Richards said.
The body has been identified as that of Ronis Talivaldis, a 58-year-old homeless man from Carmel.
An autopsy will be conducted Friday to determine his cause of death.