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Phoenix runner notices body lying in canal

Feb 17, 2013, 3:51 PM | Updated: 3:53 pm

PHOENIX — According to police, an unidentified jogger was running along the canal near 38th Street and Camelback Road Sunday morning when they saw what looked to be a body wrapped in burlap floating in the water.

The Phoenix Fire Department’s dive team was called to the scene and had to use a crane to remove the body.

No other details are known at this time.

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Phoenix runner notices body lying in canal