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M.E. Working To Identify Body Found In Ohio River Near Neville Island

NEVILLE ISLAND (KDKA) – Officials are working to identify a man's body that was found on a Neville Island riverbank Wednesday morning.

According to officials at the scene, the badly decomposed body was found on the banks of the Ohio River around 8:30 a.m. near the Fleming Park Bridge.

A crew was trimming trees near power lines when they discovered the body.

"After we went down, my officers checked it out and there indeed was a partially decomposed body that appears to have been there for quite some time," Ohio Township Police Chief Norbert Micklos said. "The bank is very steep. It was up on the bank about halfway between the river and the road."

The body was turned over to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office where they are working to identify the body.

The case is being investigated by Allegheny County homicide detectives.

Meanwhile, Chief Micklos says no one has been reported missing in that area.

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