Body found under Long Beach freeway Monday

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Homicide investigators are looking into another case of a dead body, this time under a local freeway, authorities said Wednesday.
Police were alerted to the body on Monday at about 2 p.m., said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Officers arrived to find what appeared to be the body of a male black, age 50 to 55 years old, under the westbound Artesia (91) Freeway east of the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway, Zapalski said.
Long Beach Fire Department crews pronounced the man dead at the scene, the sergeant said.
The cause of death and identity of the subject is being determined by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department, she said.
Anyone with information about the man is ask to call Homicide Detectives David Rios or Hugo Cortes at 562-570-7244.

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