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TUCSON, Ariz. — Authorities say a woman's dog stumbled upon a body wrapped in a blanket in the Pima County desert.

The Pima County Sheriff's Office said the dog found the body Friday while members of the Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers were watching over a nearby airplane crash scene from earlier in the day.

According to authorities, the woman told deputies that she had been walking her dog together with her kids when the dog ran off and discovered the body.

Detectives with the sheriff's homicide unit were called out and said the body was of an unidentified adult male.

Investigator say the body had been in the desert for a while but aren't sure how long.

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    wrote...
    Probably another illegal alien
    February 9, 2013 5:31 pm
    Why is this even news?
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    wrote...
    it is news because...
    February 9, 2013 10:14 pm
    this was a human being. That's why it is news. Who's father? brother? child? was this. Someone homeless due to what? loss of work, mental illenss? Again, this is news because he was a human being.
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    dlstew wrote...
    It wasnt an illegal alien-it was my brother
    February 11, 2013 10:37 pm
    You ask why is this news? Would it be news if it was your family member that was murdered? It was my brother and yes, he was a human being. He had 2 children, brothers, sisters, a mother. An entire grieving family. He was born in the USA and murdered and dumped in a desert. That's why it is news. I hope they find the person responsible for this needless death.
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