Sheriff's deputies believe the body of a white male adult — discovered Friday night in a parking garage in La Cañada Flintridge's Town Center— belongs to be a Los Angeles filmmaker reported missing by his family on Dec. 30.

The death appears to have been a suicide, sheriff's deputies confirmed Saturday.

Travis Joel Peterson, 40, was last seen on Dec. 30 on the 1500 block of Foothill Boulevard, according to a release issued Wednesday by the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division.

Reports of his disappearance, made via social media by several friends and family members, indicated he was thought to be driving a light-colored Volvo station wagon. At the time of the report, Peterson's family was concerned for his safety, the release stated.

On Friday, at around 7:25 p.m., a call came into the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station from an informant who reported seeing a deceased man inside a vehicle parked in the parking structure outside the former Sport Chalet retail store, acc