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Police investigating after woman’s body found in Kent park

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KENT, Wash. — Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found Thursday morning in Kent’s Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park.

Law enforcement said people walking in the park found the woman’s body at about 11:30 a.m.

Detectives and the medical examiner were also called to the park to investigate.

The person found was described as white, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, and weighed about 170 pounds.

Officials are working to identify the woman and her cause of death.

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