Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in Martin Luther King Park on Saturday morning.

At about 10:15 a.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to the park in the 400 block of Daisy Lane after receiving a 911 call about a dead body there, according to a police press release. The man had "visible injuries" and police are treating the incident as a homicide at this point, East Palo Alto police Cmdr. Jeff Liu said in an email.

"We are not releasing any additional information about the cause of death at this point in this investigation," he added.

He was identified as 51-year-old Santiago Gonzalez, who was believed to be an East Palo Alto resident, the San Mateo County Coroner's Office said Wednesday morning. The coroner's office did not have a cause of death available to release to the public.

Police are asking anyone who may have relevant information to the investigation to:

• Send an anonymous email to epa@tipnow.org.

• Send an anonymous text from your cellphone to 650-409-6792.

• Leave an anonymous voicemail by calling 650-409-6792.

• Call Detective Robert Weigand at 650-853-5614.