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Body found behind Walmart may be homicide

Posted: 08.15.2012 at 11:32 AM

Updated: 08.15.2012 at 3:25 PM

Police are investigating a body found behind the 8th Street Walmart in Colorado Springs. / FOX21: Mike Duran

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers said a body found on a trail behind Walmart on 8th Street in Colorado Springs may be a homicide.

Officers said someone found the body of a man Wednesday morning near Santa Fe Trail. The El Paso County Coroner's Office has not yet confirmed that it is a homicide, but officers said it is suspicious and cleared the area to set up crime tape..

No other information was immediately available.

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