PALMDALE, Calif. – State and federal authorities will monitor the investigation into the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in the Southern California city of Palmdale, officials said Monday following weekend protests prompted by the initial determination of suicide as the likely cause of death.The body of Robert Fuller was discovered around 3:30 a.m.
Wednesday in a park near City Hall. An autopsy was conducted Friday and the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner's office said the 24-year-old man appeared to have died by suicide.The finding prompted outcry by his family, who believed he wasn't suicidal, and community members who called for an independent investigation and autopsy.