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Death investigation underway after body found at Edmonds construction site

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EDMONDS, Wash. — A death investigation is underway after a body was found at a construction site in Edmonds Tuesday morning.

The site is near 212th and 72nd.

The Edmonds Police Department is working with South Snohomish Fire and the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office to investigate.

Roads in the area were closed during the investigation.

Edmonds police said the death was not a workplace accident and the victim was not an employee at the construction site, but there is no threat to the community.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the victim’s identity and cause of death.