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Body found in Canarsie creek

Police found the body of a 58-year-old man floating in a Canarsie creek on Nov. 10.

Cops recovered the man’s body in the Fresh Creek near the Belt Parkway at 8:35 am, and emergency medical services arrived soon thereafter to pronounce him dead

It was not yet clear how the man died or how long he had been in the water, but a police spokeswoman said the body was fully clothed and “badly decomposed.”

The man had not been identified by press time.

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