{"id":508514,"date":"2026-10-26T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508514\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:28:10","slug":"cops-called-to-disneyland-after-dead-body-found-near-resort-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508514\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops called to Disneyland after dead body found near resort entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Independent+Membership+White.png\" alt=\"Independent Membership\" class=\"logo-premium-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"\/subscribe?regSourceMethod=Bookmarks\" class=\"subscribe-link\" target=\"_parent\">Join today<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"login-copy\">\n      Already a member?<br \/>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"login-link login-trigger\" external-event=\"openLogin\">Log in<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Police were called out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/news-and-advice\/disney-discounts-deals-attracts-visitors-b3053797.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland<\/a> after a dead body was found near one of the entrances. <\/p>\n<p>A 65 year-old\u2019s remains were found near an arched \u201cDisneyland Resort\u201d sign close to the Anaheim-based park\u2019s south entrance Sunday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>An LAPD spokesperson told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/26\/dead-body-found-outside-disneyland-in-california\/\">TMZ<\/a>  police had been responding to a \u201cperson in distress,\u201d who fell unconscious and had already died when officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bFootage shared by witnesses on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/De7zJF_Buf4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=AvXql03ftA-XQfqv6Zzc7OE\">social media<\/a> showed authorities at the scene, with the area being closed off by yellow tape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-26-at-12-53-23.png\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A body was discovered near the southern entrance of Disneyland in California. Authorities were spotted placing a partition barrier near one of the park's blue arch signs (pictured)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>A body was discovered near the southern entrance of Disneyland in California. Authorities were spotted placing a partition barrier near one of the park&#8217;s blue arch signs (pictured) (Google Street View)<\/p>\n<p>\u200bA small black partition had also been erected beneath the park\u2019s blue arched sign. Later in the footage, two people can be seen wheeling a stretcher covered in a red blanket towards a white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/vehicle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Anderson, a sergeant with Anaheim police, told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-10-25\/man-is-found-dead-near-entrance-to-disneyland-police-say\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>  the man was a homeless person known to the department. He is believed to have died from natural causes, Anderson added, and foul play is not suspected.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The sergeant said the area was briefly closed off by authorities as they awaited the arrival of officials from the coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe Independent has contacted Anaheim police, Disneyland Resort and the Orange County Coroner\u2019s Office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bDisneyland California has long been a favorite for tourists and fans, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/disneyland-walt-disney-jim-henson-california-kevin-costner-b2790589.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrated its 70th anniversary last year<\/a>. The Walt Disney Company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/news\/disneyland-billionth-guest\/\">confirmed<\/a> in July that the park had welcomed over one billion guests since it first opened in 1955.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe complex is home to both Disneyland itself and Disney California Adventure Park &#8211; which features attractions themed around newer franchises such as the Cars films and Marvel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/10\/26\/12\/1232611684..\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Disneyland is a major tourist hub and has welcomed over one billion guests\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Disneyland is a major tourist hub and has welcomed over one billion guests (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p>The park made headlines earlier this month after officers from the Anaheim Police Department were forced to evacuate guests due to concerns over a possible bomb threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bAnderson previously told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-10-13\/suspicious-bags-at-disneyland-prompt-bomb-squad-response-evacuation\">The Times<\/a> two suspicious bags &#8211; one of which appeared to have visible wires sticking out of it &#8211; were discovered by a roundabout near the main entrance on October 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bSecurity at the park informed the police department about the discovery just before 10 p.m., with officers requesting help from the bomb squad at the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and later determining that the bags did not contain explosives, Anderson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bA park spokesperson confirmed to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suspicious-objects-found-near-disneyland-prompts-police-response-and-partial-park-shutdown-12171793\">PEOPLE<\/a> that the area was later safely reopened. Anderson told The Times that police believe that they were placed by the roundabout with the intention of appearing to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,149398,100377,7,77891,435],"class_list":["post-508514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-arts-culture-and-entertainment","tag-business-finance-and-industry","tag-california","tag-horizontal","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}