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Body Found After Several Days, Cause of Death Pending

Body Found
Posted at 3:43 PM, Jul 10, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-10 11:52:17-04

WORTH COUNTY, GA. (WTXL)-- Officials have located a body on Seabrook Drive in Worth County near Sylvester, Sunday.

No identity for the body has been given but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist Worth County Sheriffs with the investigation.

According to officials, the body of a African American male was found around 3 a.m. They say the body was at the location for a few days before it was discovered.

The body was taken to the GBI's Crime Lab in Macon where an autopsy will be performed to uncover the manner of death.

Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call the Worth Co. Sheriff's Office at 229-776-8211 or the GBI Sylvester Office at 229-777-2080.