Woman’s body found wrapped in plastic at home near downtown Los Angeles

Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman wrapped in plastic was found in a home near downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were dispatched to a home in the 2200 block of Wall Street at around 11:15 a.m. following a call from one of the residents.

The caller said she entered her son’s room because there was a distinct ‘smell of gas’. When she looked inside, she saw what she believed to be a woman wrapped in plastic.

Officers at the scene pronounced the victim dead at the scene, but did not give a cause of death. They think she was in her twenties.

There was no information on the suspect other than that he was a man in his twenties. It was unclear if any arrests had been made.