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Decomposing Body Found in the Rockaways, Police Say

By Janon Fisher | April 5, 2013 8:32pm
 Police were investigating the circumstances surrounding a decomposing corpse found in the Rockaways.
Police were investigating the circumstances surrounding a decomposing corpse found in the Rockaways.
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QUEENS — Detectives converged on a vacant lot in the Rockaways Friday afternoon to investigate the grim discovery a badly decomposed body near a construction trailer, police said.

The corpse was found on Rockaway Boulevard near Beach 40th Street about a block from the elevated subway tracks, police said.

Authorities gave no additional details and said the investigation was ongoing.