CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Police say someone walking on a town-owned beach in Cape Elizabeth stumbled upon a severely decomposed body.
Police Chief Neil Williams says they were notified of a suspicious object spotted on Cliff House Beach Tuesday night.
Investigators determined it was the body of a Caucasian person. Officials say they weren’t immediately able to determine the gender of the body.
The state medical examiner’s office in Augusta will perform an autopsy.
An investigation remains ongoing.
Officials say neither Cape Elizabeth nor South Portland have any active missing person cases.
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