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Clinton Township Authorities pulled a badly decomposed body out of a cemetery retention pond Sunday morning, Clinton Township police said.
Officers were called out at 8:53 a.m. Sunday to the Hebrew Memorial Park, near East 14 Mile and South Gratiot Avenue. There, they found an unidentified man floating in a retention pond, the department said.
A cemetery employee called 911. The employee told police that when employees were fishing in the pond on Saturday, the body was visible.
The pond is about 45 feet deep. The body was badly decomposed, indicating it had been in the water for several days, police said.
Share May 24, 2021, 7:48 AM Clinton Township police are investigating a body found Sunday morning in a retention pond at a Jewish cemetery in Clinton Township. The body was found at the Hebrew Memorial Park on Gratiot Avenue north of 14 Mile Road, The Macomb Daily reports. The body was bloated and decomposed but there was no sign of anything suspicious, said Capt. Richard Maierle. tells the publication We re going to have to wait to see what the ME finds out during the autopsy and then we ll go from there. Authorities said the person may have fallen in the pond or committed suicide.
The body was bloated and decomposed but there was no sign of anything suspicious. We re going to have to wait to see what the M.E. finds out during the autopsy and then we ll go from there, said police Capt. Richard Maierle, referring to the local medical examiner.
He said a cemetery employee who was fishing at the pond didn t notice the body Saturday. The pond is 45 feet deep.
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