Body found in water at Fort Lauderdale park

Sky 10 over body found in water at George English Park in Fort Lauderdale. (WPLG)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale police are investigating after a body was discovered floating in the water at a park Tuesday morning.

Sky 10 was above George English Park, near 1100 Bayview Drive, just after 10 a.m. as the body was still in the water.

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Officers were seen blocking off the area.

Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening confirmed that officers were called about the body in the water at 9:47 a.m.

She said the police department’s Dive Team is responding to recover the body “and a death investigation will be initiated to determine the circumstances.”

No other details were immediately released.


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