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UPDATE: body found on rail trail identified



MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Department is investigating the death of a man found near the rail-trail Wednesday morning.

“The deceased male has been identified as Kevin Daft, 35 years of age, of Morgantown,” Morgantown Spokesperson Andrew Stacy said.

According to the department, officers received a call reporting an unresponsive male on the Deckers’s Creek portion of the trail, near Elk Street. Upon arriving, the found the man in a wooded area. EMS pronounced the man dead on the scene.

While police said there is no indication of foul play, the incident is still under investigation.

The man’s identity is being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.






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