A dead male body was found in Prospect Park this morning on Lookout Hill, which is on the South West side of the Park near the lower lake and Wellhouse Drive.

I got to the scene around 11:20 or so. There were at least twenty police vehicles, a fire truck and the medical examiner’s car along the drive near the lake.

A newspaper reporter on the scene actually saw the body before the police closed off the area. He told me that it was a male Hispanic man with short brown hair. He was 30-40 years old and was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans and was lying in a fetal-like position. He was  found underneath a pile of leaves by the Parks Department (although that is not confirmed). 

Lookout Hill is the second highest point in Brooklyn. There are three staircases that lead to the lookout area. The man was found just down from the top. The cause of death is "blunt force trauma to the head"

At 12:42 the Medical Examiner removed the body in a van and drove out of the park. Soon after, three detectives emerged from the scene. Reporters were waiting for representatives from DCPI but no one came and no one was allowed to view the crime scene.