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Body found in backyard of South Austin home: APD

By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
Published  August 4, 2023 4:19pm CDT
South Austin
FOX 7 Austin

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Police are investigating after a body was found in a backyard of a home in South Austin, the Austin Police Department said.

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin police are investigating after a body was found in the backyard of a home in South Austin, the Austin Police Department said.

Police said at 11:38 a.m. on August 4, officers responded to a call of a body found in the backyard of a home in the 5200 block of Emerald Meadow Dr.

When officers arrived, they found a body with "obvious decomposition." At this time, the death is undetermined. 

There is no threat to the public.

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