Officers investigate after body found in northwest Atlanta

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating after a body was in northwest Atlanta on Monday morning.

Officers responded to an address on the 500 block of Chappel Road, finding a dead body.

Police were seen looking into a field area and put caution tape around the scene.

The person who died has not been identified.

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This address is near two gas stations and a short distance away from the Bankhead MARTA station.

We are working to learn more about this suspicious death for Channel 2 Action News At Noon.

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