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Police find body in car trunk

Posted: 10.22.2012 at 5:30 AM

(AP) -- ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis police made a gruesome discovery after receiving a call about a foul odor coming from a vehicle and finding a man's decomposing body.

The body of 27-year-old Deadrick Sawyer Junior of St. Louis was found in the trunk of a Cadillac on Satuday night.

Police haven't been able to determine the cause of death because of the decomposition of Sawyer's body.

Police are asking anyone with information about what happened to Sawyer to give them a call.

(Information in the following story is from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com)

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