Dead body found in shallow creek behind 700 block of Michigan Street in central Lawrence

Residents in the area of the 700 block of Michigan Street visit as Lawrence police investigate the scene where a dead body was discovered Sunday afternoon in a creek bed and wooded area just east of Hawk's Pointe Apartments I and some nearby townhouses. In the background is a police investigation support van.

Lawrence police investigate the scene where a dead body was discovered Sunday afternoon in a creek bed and wooded area in the 700 block of Michigan St. near Hawk's Pointe Apartments I.

Lawrence police investigate the area where a dead body was discovered Sunday afternoon in a creek bed and wooded area in the 700 block of Michigan Street near Hawk's Pointe I Apartments.

Police say no foul play was involved in the death of a man whose body was found in a creek behind a house in the 700 block of Michigan Street.

Emergency crews were dispatched about 1:20 p.m. Sunday after a resident in the 700 block of Michigan reported an unconscious person in the creek. Emergency crews later said the person was deceased.

According to a media release from the Lawrence Police Department, the subject was a male, and police officers and detectives have been working to determine the circumstances of his death. They are waiting on autopsy results, but say no foul play was involved.

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