Flagler County Sheriff's Office investigating suspicious death

Body found behind a house in Palm Coast

Published On: Jan 30 2013 03:50:17 PM EST   Updated On: Jan 12 2013 07:54:24 AM EST
PALM COAST, Fla. -

The Flagler County Sheriff's Department along with the State Attorney's Office is investigating a suspicious death in Palm Coast.

The Sheriff's office says it received a call around 2:45 p.m. Friday about a strange odor behind a house on Covington Lane in Palm Coast.

Police say when they arrived they found the body of a middle-aged white man in a marsh. The body was sent to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy that is scheduled for Monday.

The man's identity will be released once next of kin is notified.

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