SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A woman’s body was found inside a duffle bag at Golden Gate Park Sunday evening, according to our media partners at the
San Francisco Standard.

Police were on scene on Fulton Street near 22nd Avenue on the north side of the park.

A dog walker made the discovery around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and called police.

By Monday morning, the area surrounding 22nd Avenue and Fulton was quiet.

However, this past weekend, tens-of-thousands of Outside Lands festival goers packed Golden Gate Park. The grisly discovery was made off a walkway, about a mile away.

“It’s horrifying. It’s a very sad, sad circumstance,” Neighbor Michele Hunnewell told ABC7 News. ” And, our neighbors… Everybody came out of the house because the officers were there. They had it all taped off. And people were just aghast. I mean, I shocked!”

Hunnewell lives nearby and shared her shock over the news.

“The police officer came to our front door and asked if we had camera footage, and that’s how I found out,” she explained. “And of course, I was shocked because this isn’t that kind of neighborhood normally. But yeah, it was very sad and very shocking and I’m disappointed that that that had to happen on a nice weekend.”

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The discovery was made not far from the three-day Outside Lands Music Festival. Organizers have directed ABC7 News’ questions to the police department.

ABC7 News broke the news to Megan Hiatt during her early morning run. Hiatt grew up in The Richmond.

“I have a 12-year-old that I would normally be happy to let them wander through the park by themselves. So yeah, completely horrifying…” She said.

SFPD released an update overnight, only describing a witness had told officers they located an “unresponsive adult female,” then called police.

Those who frequent the area say, while horrifying and concerning, they continue to feel safe.

“There have been, you know, random things happen over the years that I wouldn’t want to limit the freedom that we have with this glorious park because of one really grisly, terrible thing that happened to somebody,” Hiatt said.

ABC7 News reached out to District Supervisor Connie Chan for comment. Any response will be reflected in a later update.

SFPD has an active homicide investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD 24-hour Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD.

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