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By Amanda Bradford Las Vegas Review-Journal

July 6, 2019 - 7:01 pm

Las Vegas police are investigating a body found early Saturday morning.

Police received a call about the body found near Hollywood Boulevard and Desert Inn Road at 4:59 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Lt. Jeff Clark said.

Clark said homicide detectives have been at the scene most of the day.

No other information was immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Contact Amanda Bradford at abradford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0279. Follow @amandabrad_uc on Twitter.

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