Police: No foul play involved in body found in Eclipse

Published 9:39 pm Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Police have identified the body found at an Eclipse playground Tuesday afternoon but are awaiting family notification before releasing the identification, a city spokeswoman said Wednesday.

She also said that no cause of death has been determined for the 22-year-old male body that was found in a playground at the Nansemond Swim Club in Eclipse on Tuesday, but that police do not suspect foul play.

According to a police department incident report released Thursday, the swim club property manager found the body in the area of a children’s swing and slide set during a walk-through of the property.

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The manager found what appeared to be a human skull on the ground and a torso with extremities on the slide platform, the report states. Police were called at 12:37 p.m. and later determined the remains were human.

The remains have been sent to the medical examiner for investigation.