DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are investigating after a body was found in a DeKalb County landfill Friday morning.
Channel 2's Lauren Pozen was at the Seminole Road Landfill on Clevemont Road in Ellenwood, where the medical examiner and dozens of police spent hours sifting through the site.
DeKalb County police identified the body of a man late Friday, but they are still working to notify family. Police say the man is a victim of homicide. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Just got new information from @DeKalbCountyPD re:body found in landfill. It’s a homicide. The body has been identified, and they are contacting his family. Investigators waiting on results from medical examiner to see how the man died. I’m told he was buried in trash @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/Uwnckt1jsV
— Lauren Pozen WSB (@LaurenPozenWSB) May 3, 2019
A sanitation driver unknowingly transferred the body from a dumpster on his route to the landfill, police said. The body was discovered buried in trash.
Video from NewsChopper 2 showed a very active scene at the busy landfill Friday morning. Pozen saw trucks coming and going all day long.
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Pozen talked to Jay, a sanitation worker who didn't give his last name. He came to drop off loads of trash.
"That's scary, man. We pick up trash every day, you know what I mean? If I pick up a body, that is the last thing I would want to do," he told Pozen.
Investigators in white hazmat suits were focused on one section in the landfill. NewsDrone 2 flew over the landfill to get a sense of how big the private property is.
Jay told Pozen he's sure the incident traumatized the driver who unintentionally dumped the body.
"He's probably messed up... He could think of that every night," Jay said.
Jay said that as someone who picks up the trash every day, he can't imagine what the worker is going through.
"Just thinking about what is next. 'Is somebody watching me? Or is there a consequence behind it, just because I am the one that picked (the body) up?'" Jay said.
Police are currently retracing the driver's route to look for clues.
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