Crime & Safety

Salisbury Police Investigate Body Found in Woods

Salisbury police and the Lehigh County Coroner's office are investigating the discovery of a body found in a wooded area behind Greenwood Road and Martin Luther King Drive.

and the Lehigh County Coroner's office are investigating the discovery of a body found Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area behind a Greenwood Road and Martin Luther King Drive, according to news reports.

Police arrived at the residential neighborhood off the Little Lehigh Parkway around 3:30 p.m., and an officer arrived shortly after with a shovel and two rakes, according to the Morning Call.

WFMZ reported on its evening newscast officials were uncertain if the remains are human.

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