Overview
- Police responded to a report of a deceased person at a waste facility on Los Esteros Road in north San Jose and discovered a body on site.
- Local outlets have identified the location as the GreenWaste Zanker Resource Recovery Facility while official statements describe the scene only as a waste or wastewater facility on Los Esteros Road.
- San Jose police said investigators are working with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office to establish the deceased's identity and to determine cause and manner of death.
- Officials have not released the person's identity and have not announced any finding of foul play or any impacts to facility operations.
- The case remains an active investigation with autopsy and identification processes pending, and it follows a separate recent report of a body found at a waste site in nearby San Leandro earlier this month.