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Body found partially concealed near creek bed during neighborhood cleanup on Indy's northeast side

Posted at 2:24 PM, Apr 21, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-23 19:07:58-04

UPDATE:

The body found by a group cleaning up their neighborhood on Saturday has been identified as Jaimie Beasley who was reported missing last December

ORIGINAL STORY:

INDIANAPOLIS -- A group of cleaning up their neighborhood on Indy's northeast side found a body partially concealed near a creek bed Saturday morning. 

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the scene near 20th Street and Riley Avenue around 11 a.m. 

Witnesses on the scene say a group was doing a neighborhood cleanup when one of the volunteers discovered what appeared to be a human body partially covered near the creek. 

When investigators arrived they recovered the body and it was taken to the Marion County Coroner's office for autopsy and identification. 

The person has not been identified. A coroner will determine the cause of death.

The death remains under investigation by IMPD.