Search for missing 41-year-old Monroe County man ends after body discovered in creek

Police are piecing together what happened to a missing 41-year-old man from Monroe County after his body was discovered in a stream Saturday morning.
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FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP (WWJ) - Police are piecing together what happened to a missing 41-year-old man from Monroe County after his body was discovered in a stream Saturday morning.

As reported by Fox 2, police in Monroe County were called out to a home in the 2000 block of Sandy Creek Road in Frenchtown Township at around 9:00 a.m. after someone made a report about a missing person.

Police said they were told the victim had left the home for unknown reasons on foot around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 and had not been seen or heard from since.

Authorities employed K9 units to track the victim, where after a brief time, his body was found in nearby creek.

The cause of death remains under police investigation and authorities did not release additional details.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WWJ LIVE for the latest updates.

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