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Police asking for help after man's body found near north Phoenix park

The remains were found near 23rd Avenue and Cactus Road
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PHOENIX — Police are asking for the public's help after a man's body was found near a north Phoenix park Saturday morning.

Phoenix police say they were called to the area near 23rd Avenue and Cactus Road around 7 a.m. for a report of an injured person.

When officers arrived, they were directed to the remains of a man that had been located.

Detectives were called to investigate the man's death.

Police identified the man Sunday afternoon as 47-year-old Nazario Lopez-Felix.

Police say that "suspicious trauma" was found on his body.

It's not yet clear how Lopez-Felix died.

No information has been released about a suspect at this point.

If you have any information about the man's death, you are asked to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.