A man found dead in northwest Albuquerque has sparked internet theories and national conversation after commenters claimed he was recently found hanging from a tree in the bosque in what they described as a lynching.

But a report from the Albuquerque Police Department showed the man, 29-year-old Jayvon Givan, had been dead for more than a year before his name began to circulate online.{/span}

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