Firefighters removed a man's body from a canal in Lowell, Massachusetts, Wednesday after it was spotted by a passerby, authorities said.
The body in the Northern Canal near 145 Pawtucket Avenue was reported about 1 p.m., according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office.
They said the body appeared to have been in the water for a long period of time.
The person's identity, and what happened to them, is under investigation, prosecutors said.
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