The macabre discovery of a man's body and separated head in Culver City turned out to be a grisly suicide, authorities said.

Cops think the man hung himself and the head became detached in the process, according to City News Service.

The gruesome find was made …


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… by a security guard at Kaiser's “Culver Marina” medical office at 12001 Washington Blvd. shortly before 3 yesterday afternoon, cops said.

Culver City Patch reported that the man's body and nearby head, apparently, were found at the bottom of a parking structure stairwell.

Lt. Omar Corrales told the publication that the “head was removed and is lying next to the body.”

[With reporting from City News Service / @dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]

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