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Auto sales employee finds body in used van for sale

Officers are investigating the death at Helen’s Auto Sales along Pacific Highway South.

DES MOINES, Wash. — An auto sales worker and customer found a body inside of a used van for sale on Wednesday afternoon in Des Moines, police say.

Officers are investigating the death at Helen’s Auto Sales along Pacific Highway South.

Foul play is not suspected, but a cause of death has yet to be determined.

The employee discovered the body in the back of the van, which has been in the sales lot for around three weeks.