Police are investigating after a man's body was found in a wooded area of Mashpee, Massachusetts, on Monday morning.
Mashpee police said they received a report around 7:40 a.m. of a missing person possibly in the Johns Pond area of town. After a brief search, a man was found dead in the woods.
The incident is under investigation by Mashpee police, state police and the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office.
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Police said it appears that the death was a "tragic accident," and offered their condolences to the family.
