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Campbell County investigators are waiting on a medical examiner's report before identifying a body found over the weekend.
The body was pulled from the Staunton River Sunday morning, near Long Island.
Investigators say it could be a missing man from Halifax County, but they're not ready to make that call.
A medical examiner's report is expected back Tuesday.
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The Campbell County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body found in the Staunton River Saturday night.
Deputies were called out to Long Island Park around 9 p.m. Halifax County had already filed the missing person's report. Tracking dogs were able to find the body in the river around midnight.
The park is in the Long Island area of Campbell County, near the Pittsylvania County line.
The body has been sent to the Roanoke Medical Examiner's Office to figure out the cause of death and the identity.
