Man's body found in ditch near Lumberton grocery store
Police said they found a man's body in a drainage ditch near a Lumberton grocery store on Wednesday morning.
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Officers were dispatched shortly before noon to the Aldi's store at 3725 Fayetteville Road, where they found a man face-down in some water in a nearby ditch, police said.
The man was later identified as Wilbert Deal, 41, who was homeless. Police said there were no signs of foul play and that his body didn't appear to have been in the ditch long before it was found.
His body was sent to the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh to determine the cause of death, police said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detectives Paula McMillan or Evan Whitley of the Lumberton Police Department 910-671-3845.
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