Phoenix police detectives are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead Monday by a canal.

Officers responded about 11:45 a.m. Sept. 22 to an area by the canal off 36 th and Portland streets where witnesses found the unidentified man who had obvious signs of trauma. The body was in the beginning stages of decomposition, according to a release.

The Office of the Medical Examiner took custody of the body, and detectives await the findings from the post-mortem exam and the identification of the victim.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Phoenix Police Deparment or Silent Witness.

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