Authorities are investigating after the body of a dead 61-year-old man was found behind the Maplewood Library, police say.
(File photo).MAPLEWOOD -- Township police are investigating the death of a 61-year-old man whose body was discovered early Friday morning, a Maplewood Police Department spokeswoman confirmed.
The man, whose name was withheld pending notification of his family, was found lying in a creek behind the Maplewood Library on Baker Street, said Capt. Dawn Williams Friday.
After emergency officials pronounced the man dead, investigators with the Essex County Medical Examiner's Office determined that his death was not suspicious, Williams said.
An investigation into the exact cause of the man's death by the Maplewood Police Department is ongoing, Williams said.
Additional details were not immediately available, Williams said.
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