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Authorities Identify Body Found Over Palos Verdes Estates Cliff On Friday:

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The Coroner’s Office today identified the man whose body was found over a cliff in Palos Verdes Estates on Friday.

Alberto Olague, 24, of Compton was found with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound and fall injuries, said coroner’s officials.

Firefighters sent to Paseo Del Mar and Chelsea Road about 9:30 a.m. Friday spotted Olague about 250 feet down the cliffside, according to the county fire department.

Olague had suffered an apparent gunshot wound, and his death was being investigated as a possible suicide, said coroner’s Chief Craig Harvey.

Palos Verdes Estates police were investigating the death.

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