(L.A.) James Oberg, 57, Committed Suicide
Case Number: 2012-03961
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 57-year-old Caucasian male that occurred on a hillside.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as James Oberg.
Manner of Death: Suicide
Cause of Death: Suffocation
RIP JAMES ERNEST OBERG (January 10, 1955 – June 15, 2012)
The decedent was a missing person whose dead body was found tied to a tree in the area of Harvard-Westlake School. He was suicidal and had had his family searching for him for two weeks prior to his death.
The body was found Friday morning at around 8:00 a.m. at a tree across from the main gate of the private school.
His residence was in the 3900 block of Coldwater Canyon Avenue.