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Phoenix Police Investigate After Man Found Dead on South Mountain Trail

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Published on December 16, 2024
Phoenix Police Investigate After Man Found Dead on South Mountain TrailSource: Kat Wilcox, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Phoenix police department began investigating after discovering a man’s body early Saturday morning on a trail at South Mountain. Authorities responded to a report of an injured person just after 8 a.m., according to ABC15. Upon arrival, they found the deceased man off the National Trail.

The man's identity and cause of death remain unknown, as per ABC15. The Phoenix police, after arriving near the National Trail, has been started as a death investigation. Detectives are working to unravel the circumstances that led to the man's death.

In a statement reported by AZFamily, the Phoenix police mentioned, "the man did not have any 'obvious injuries'", and that the official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner’s office.