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Dog Walker Finds Body On Lake Michigan Shoreline

CASCO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities in southwestern Michigan say they're trying to identify a body that washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan.

The Allegan County sheriff's department says that deputies got a call Saturday that a person was walking his dog on the beach when he saw the body.

The site is in Casco Township, just north of South Haven.

The department says the body appears to have been in the water for a long time and was badly decomposed. It says investigators will probably have to use dental records or DNA to identify it.

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