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A body has been found in a rural area of Huber Heights, an immediate suburb of Dayton, police said.

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DAYTON, Ohio - A body was found Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area of Huber Heights, a suburb that directly borders Dayton, police said.

The body was found by a man walking about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday near Kellenburger and Wildcat roads in Huber Heights, FOX45 reports. The intersection is about 12 miles north of downtown Dayton.

The man who discovered the body called 911 and said he walked toward a foul odor after he saw vehicle tracks.

"I went to see if somebody had been dumping trash back here and it's actually a body," the 911 caller said, according to WHIO.

The man also said that he and his co-workers were walking in the same area Monday and noticed the "strong smell of something decomposing," WHIO reports.

The body appears to have been in the wooded area for a while, according to FOX45. Huber Heights police has not released any further information about the discovery.

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