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Surprise landfill employee finds dead body

Police investigating discovery of human remains at WM

Police in Surprise are investigating human remains found at the regional landfill on April 17.

Authorities said just before 7 a.m. an employee of the WM-Northwest Regional Landfill contacted law enforcement after finding what appeared to be a dead body.

The landfill is in northwest Surprise at 19401 W. Deer Valley Road.

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