By Associated Press - Monday, February 24, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man searching for scrap metal discovered the decomposed body of another man in a Springfield garage, police said.

The body was reported around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. An autopsy was planned.

Springfield Lt. Christopher Russell tells the State Journal-Register that a man found the body after noticing that a door to a garage near an alley was open. The nearby house is vacant.



Anyone with information can call police at (217) 788-8311.

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