Police: Body Found in Billings Garbage Truck

By Beacon Staff October 10, 2009

BILLINGS – Police say a body was found in the back of a Billings garbage truck.

Sgt. Jay Berry says authorities responded to a call from a McDonald’s restaurant at about 6:20 a.m. on Saturday after the body of an unidentified man was found in the back of one of the city’s waste management trucks.

Berry says the cause of death has not been determined and police are investigating.

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