Brockton

Body recovered in water at Brockton wastewater facility, DA says

The body was reported about 8:15 a.m. to Brockton police by a work crew at the Department of Public Works facility on Oak Hill Way, prosecutors said

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A person's body was found in the water at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Friday, officials said.

No foul play was suspected, and the body is believed to have been in the water for several days, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office. The person's identity wasn't determined as of Friday afternoon.

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The body was reported about 8:15 a.m. to Brockton police by a work crew at the Department of Public Works facility on Oak Hill Way, prosecutors said.

Medical examiners were working to determine how the person, who was male, died.

State and local police were investigating what happened, according to prosecutors.

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