LANCASTER — Officers are investigating after a body was discovered in a wooded area in Ohio on Saturday.
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The Lancaster Police Department wrote in a social media post that officers were dispatched to a well-being check.
During the investigation, the body of an unknown person was found in a wooded area near the 700 block of South Maple Street, according to a police spokesperson.
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A police lieutenant told our news partner, WBNS in Columbus, that the incident is being treated as a crime scene.
There is little information about what happened, and the person’s identity is currently unknown.
The incident remains under investigation.
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