Crime & Safety

Body Found Washed Up On Marblehead Beach: Police

Police said they believe that the body had been in the water "for a significant amount of time."

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MARBLEHEAD, MA — A body was found washed up on a Marblehead beach Thursday afternoon, police wrote in a Facebook post Thursday evening.

The sighting was reported to police around 4 p.m. at the end of Edgemere Road, Marblehead police said.

Police said they believe that the body had been in the water "for a significant amount of time." An investigation is underway.

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