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TWIN FALLS - Law enforcement agencies around the state are investigating a body discovered at a Twin Falls recycling plant.
The investigation began early Monday morning after workers at Hamilton Manufacturing called Twin Falls Police to report they found a dead body inside a bale of recycled newspapers.
Police have not identified the body and have little information at this point, but they do believe the case started to unfold more than two hours away ?? at a plant in Garden City.
Officers there are now leading the investigation, and say the bale that contained the body was shipped from Boise Recycling. Officers say they are not sure how the man got inside the bale or how he died.
Employees said they found the body while dismantling a bale of papers shipped from the Garden City plant.
"The employees were shocked,? Twin Falls Police Captain Matt Hicks said.
??This is about the last thing in the world they expected to find at their job this morning."
Garden City Police say a physical inspection revealed the body of an adult white male, possibly in his 50s. Police add his clothing was similar to that of a homeless person.
"It's my understanding the bale is about 2,000 pounds in weight and about the size of a large office desk. It's compacted by a large machine. They do that for transportation purposes."
While the Ada County coroner believes the death happened before leaving Garden City, Twin Falls Police are considering all possibilities.
"We're examining the possibility that the man was crushed to death,? Hicks said. ??We haven't made any determinations as of yet, and we'll be doing an autopsy later this week to find out if he died before or after being placed in the bin."
Even though it is being investigated as a suspicious death, Garden City Police are not ruling out natural or accidental causes.
Authorities don't know how long the body had been inside the bundle of paper, but they're hoping the autopsy will reveal those details including the cause of death and an identity.
Police in Garden City, Twin Falls and Boise are working together to identify the man.
As part of their investigation they are looking at databases of missing people from the area in the past week to see if they can come up with any leads.
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