Man’s body found amid materials at Missouri recycling center

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HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) Hazelwood police are investigating how a man’s body was delivered to a recycling center.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports workers at the Republic Services Recycling
Center found the body Thursday morning amid recyclable materials.

Capt. Mark McKeon says investigators suspect the body arrived at the center
with an outside pickup and are working to determine where it came from.

The body was discovered as the recycled materials were beginning to move
through the center’s sorting and compacting process.

Police say a medical examiner will identify the body and determine a cause and
time of death.

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