By Associated Press - Saturday, May 31, 2014

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane Fire Department crews have recovered a man’s body that hikers discovered in the Spokane River.

The Spokesman Review reports (https://is.gd/TqyUgU ) that police spokeswoman Monique Cotton says the body had been in the river “more than a few days” when it was found Friday.

She says the county medical examiner will determine the man’s identity and cause of death.



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