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Hikers find body along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Foul play is not suspected

Miners Castle (National Park Service)

MUNISING, Mich. – Michigan State Police are investigating after hikers found a body that washed ashore from Lake Superior along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Friday.

Troopers responded to the lakeshore near Miners Beach after the hikers who saw the body called 911.

The body couldn’t be positively identified, according to state police.

Authorities also say foul play isn’t suspected, and an investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post at 906-475-9922.

The National Park Service and the Alger County Sheriff’s Office assisted state police.


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