This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8517 Message Board Post: Man Killed On Railroad Tracks The decapitated body of a man identified as Ephraim Encinas Renteria was discovered by Deputy McClellen and special R.R. agent Eldon Smith last Tuesday night 9½ miles west of Mojave by train mileage. Conductor Cox of S.P. freight train 808 first noticed the body and called in on his radio. Authorities believe he probably fell to his death from a moving train sometime before 10:30 p.m. when the call was received. Identification showed the man 1ad lived in Stockton, Calif. and used P. O. Box 3112 for mail. Other men on the scene were Joe Loux, claims agent, Louie Levandoskje and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones who ordered the body removed to the Turner Funeral Home in Mojave. We understand an inquest will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00 o' clock in the, afternoon. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 08 May 1958