Police are investigating after a person’s body was discovered in the trash in a neighborhood in southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday.
Police are investigating after a man's body was discovered in the trash in a neighborhood in southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday.
The discovery was made at around 2:20 p.m. outside a home in the 8400 block of Southwest 161st Place in West Kendall. A solid waste truck driver was on his normal route in the neighborhood when he saw a body fall from the bin into the truck through his cameras.
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The driver called 911, and officers at the scene confirmed it was a man's body with an apparent gunshot wound.
Aerial footage showed what appeared to be a man's body in the truck with a pile of garbage. Multiple officers were at the scene and had the area closed off with yellow crime scene tape.
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Police believe it may have been a suicide but confirmed a death investigation was underway. No information has been released about the victim, who did not live in the home.
"The way the body ended up in this trash bin is something that our investigators are working to find out, that's a question that we'd all like the answer to," Miami-Dade Police Det. Andre Martin said.
No other information was immediately known.
