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Fresno police find body in Fashion Fair Mall bushes. It’s drug related, cops say

Emergency personnel responded to Fashion Fair Mall on Monday after a body was found in some bushes, according to Fresno police.

Someone reported seeing the body in bushes before 10 a.m. near the JCPenney store on the east end of the mall, officer Felipe Uribe said.

The dead person had drug paraphernalia in their possession and their death is not believed to be suspicious, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

Thaddeus Miller
Merced Sun-Star
Reporter Thaddeus Miller has covered cities in the central San Joaquin Valley since 2010, writing about everything from breaking news to government and police accountability. A native of Fresno, he joined The Fresno Bee in 2019 after time in Merced and Los Banos.
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