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Police identify man found dead on MLK Freeway underpass in Fayetteville

Fayetteville police have identified a man who was found dead Monday afternoon on the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway underpass near Bragg Boulevard.

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Harvey Lee Thompson
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Fayetteville police have identified a man who was found dead Monday afternoon on the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway underpass near Bragg Boulevard.

Officers were dispatched to the area after receiving a suspicious activity call at 4:47 p.m. They found the body of Harvey Lee Thompson, 58.

Attempts to locate Thompson's next of kin have been unsuccessful, police said, and the public's help is requested.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fayetteville Police Department or Cumberland County Crime Stoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).

Detectives with the police department’s homicide unit were investigating. No other information was released.

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