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November 9, 2007

Police investigate body found in Burrillville woods

The Burrillville police are investigating "a suspicious death" after hunters discovered a body in the Black Hut Management Area off Spring Lake Road.

They are treating the area, off a dirt road, as a crime scene.

The police have not made a positive identification of the victim and are checking missing persons reports to help with their investigation. They could not provide the age or the gender of the dead person.

Hunters reported finding the body at 8:31 a.m. today.

Both the Burrillville police and the state Department of Environmental police went to the scene this morning.

The state Medical Examiner's Office removed the body and the area was blocked off to the public this morning.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

Posted by Jack Perry  at 1:43 PM | Permalink

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