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K9 unit finds body in Fayetteville woods during training

Fayetteville police said officers with the department's K9 Unit were training in a wooded area along Shaw Mill Road near the Ridge Road intersection when they found a dead man.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Fayetteville police are investigating after a man’s body was found in the woods Wednesday.

Fayetteville police said officers with the department’s K9 Unit were training in a wooded area along Shaw Mill Road near the Ridge Road intersection when they found a dead man.

The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating and the body will be sent to the medical examiner to determine cause of death, police said.

Anybody with information is asked to call Fayetteville police at 910-433-1856 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.

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