By Associated Press - Monday, November 7, 2016

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police are investigating a possible homicide after a man’s decomposed body was discovered in some tall grass.

Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. tells The Advocate (https://bit.ly/2fL1FLb) a passer-by spotted the body around 4 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Napoleon Street near Interstate 10.

Coppola said it appears the man - who has not yet been identified - had multiple gunshot wounds. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the body had been lying there.



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