Decomposed body found in Delaware River

Saturday, June 4, 2016
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating after the discovery of a badly decomposed body in the Delaware River.

The body was discovered just before 7 p.m. Saturday by the Navy Yard in the 4500 block of South Broad Street in South Philadelphia.
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The race and sex of the body cannot be determined at this time.

The body has been turned over to the medical examiner to determine a cause of death.
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