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Body found at northwest Atlanta park

Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee confirmed that the person was deceased, and that homicide detectives had been requested. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Initial reports from police dispatchers are that there was a body inside a red Jeep Cherokee parked in front of the Collier Park recreation center in the 3600 block of Collier Drive. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Detectives were called to a park in northwest Atlanta Friday morning after a body was discovered inside a vehicle. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee confirmed that the person was deceased, and that homicide detectives had been requested. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

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