Authorities have exhumed and identified the body of a man found Wednesday buried in a vacant field in Moreno Valley.

Police unearthed the body at about 8 p.m. Thursday near a home in the 24700 block of Atwood Avenue in Moreno Valley, Riverside County sheriff’s Investigator Jerry Franchville said.

Through fingerprints, coroner’s officials have identified the man as Orlando Duarte Sr., 45, of Corona.

Corona police found the body Wednesday night while conducting a kidnapping investigation in the neighborhood. Police have not said if Duarte's death is related to the kidnapping and have not released details of the kidnapping investigation.

Authorities have not determined a cause of death and plan an autopsy later today.

No arrests have been made.

—John Asbury
jasbury@PE.com

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