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Wilmington police working to identify body found in Christina River Sunday
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Investigators are trying to learn the identity and cause of death of a man found Sunday in the Christina River section that cuts through Wilmington’s Riverfront area.
Wilmington officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Justison St. after receiving a call about 12:25 p.m. regarding a possible dead person in the river, said David Karas, a police spokesperson.
After officers removed the body from the river, they turned it over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Sciences for further investigation and to confirm identity, Karas said.
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