BODY FOUND IN CREEK IN BRISTOL

An investigation has begun after a body was found in a creek in Bristol, Tennessee. The Bristol Police Department reports that officers located the body at around 2 p.m. Friday in Beaver Creek in the 1800 block of 6th Street Extension. The male body was partially decomposed and was found "ensnared on a tree that had fallen across the creek." A cause of death has not been determined, but the body has been sent to the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center in Johnson City. 

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