Newark police are investigating a body found in a vacant building Wednesday.
An off-duty police lieutenant found the fully clothed, decomposing body in a building on the 900 block of Broad Street, the prosecutor's office said.
The remains were taken to medical examiner's office to determine a cause of death. The identity of the person is unknown.
Investigators are probing the death as a possible homicide.
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