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BPD investigating suspicious death after body is found in riverbed near Riverview Park

BPD investigating suspicious death after body is found in riverbed near Riverview Park
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The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating what it's calling a suspicious death after a body was found in a riverbed Wednesday.

According to BPD, officers were called to the riverbed near Riverview Park off Chester Avenue at about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

BPD said they found a man's body in the riverbed. His death is considered suspicious.

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