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Investigators looking at missing persons cases after female body found in shallow Detroit grave

By and Amber Ainsworth
Published  January 5, 2023 8:47am EST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit

Police look at missing persons cases after body found in Detroit

Investigators in Detroit are looking at missing persons cases as they try to identify a female body found in a shallow grave Wednesday night. The discovery of a hand sticking out of the ground led to the body.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Police are looking at missing people in Detroit as they work to identify a body found in a shallow grave Wednesday night.

Right now, police only know that the body is female.

While working in the backyard of a home in the 8000 block of Hildale Street near Van Dyke, a utility worker saw a hand sticking out of the ground and called 911. The body was found after the hand was found.

Detroit police and the FBI were on the scene investigating after the body was removed, as the FBI assists police departments with exhumations. The FBI's anthropology team examines remains.

An autopsy will determine how the person died and how long they were in the yard before the discovery.

Stay with FOX 2 for updates. 

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