TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found in a Tulare field on Monday.
Deputies were called to reports of a man down in the area of Ave 244, west of road 68, just after 10 am.
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The man was dead when they arrived, and authorities say his body had obvious signs of trauma.
The man was later identified as 35-year-old Albert Vincent Regalado of Tulare. The sheriff's office has ruled the death a homicide.
This is their 16th homicide of the year.
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If you have information about the case, you are urged to call the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at 559-733-6218.