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Investigation Into Body Found At Maple Beach Continues

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Tom Sofield
The location where the remains were found.
Credit: Google Maps

Bristol Township police and the Bucks County Coroner’s Office are asking for help from the public as they investigate a body found Sunday.

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Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck said Friday afternoon that the remains have not yet been identified.

The body was of a man who was approximately 5-feet-6 and with with dark hair.

The decomposing body was found Sunday by local teenagers who were in the Maple Beach area of the township near the Burlington-Bristol Bridge.

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The remains appeared to belong to a male and were located at the former tennis courts that are now used for skating, a parent of the teens who found the body told LevittownNow.com.

An autopsy was conducted Wednesday by the coroner’s office.

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A cause of death has not yet been released.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Detective Kitchenman of the Bristol Township Police Department at 267-812-3056 or the Bucks County Coroner’s Office at 267-880-5656.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.