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Woman’s Body Found in Duffle Bag in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Sunday

Written by Michael Barba, Morgan Ellis, and Jesse RogalaPublished Aug. 13, 2023 • 8:47pm
San Francisco police officers respond to a report of a body found in a large duffle bag at Fulton Street and 22nd Avenue in Golden Gate Park on Sunday. | Source: Morgan Ellis/The Standard

A woman was found dead inside a large duffle bag in Golden Gate Park on Sunday evening, and San Francisco police were responding to the scene at Fulton Street and 22nd Avenue.

The corpse was discovered around 7:24 p.m. near the Outside Lands concert, a three-day event that was concluding Sunday evening.

Police cordoned off the area where the body was found Sunday evening in Golden Gate Park. | Morgan Ellis/The Standard

The medical examiner's office and homicide investigators were also responding to the scene, which is north of the Stow Lake boathouse.

Officer Kevin Gil, who was on the scene, said a dog walker first encountered the bag.

A police dispatch recording of the report of a body found in Golden Gate Park on Sunday

As officers with flashlights searched a vegetated area cordoned off with police tape, festivalgoers leaving Outside Lands and residents of Fulton Street looked on with curiosity.

A San Francisco police officer searches a vegetated area leading into Golden Gate Park near Fulton Street and 22nd Avenue on Sunday evening. | Jesse Rogala/The Standard

A local resident who said he lives at Fulton Street and 20th Avenue and would give his name only as Drew was walking his dog named Pig near the area Sunday evening. He said the area that police had cordoned off is a small clearing that used to have two yellow Adirondack chairs in it.

He described the area as safe.

READ MORE: Body found in Golden Gate Park identified

Michael Barba can be reached at mbarba@sfstandard.com
Morgan Ellis can be reached at morgan@sfstandard.com
Jesse Rogala can be reached at jesse@sfstandard.com


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