HAZELWOOD • Workers at a Hazelwood recycling center made a disturbing discovery Thursday morning when they found a body amid the cardboard and plastics.

Hazelwood police were called to the Republic Services Recycling Center at 6025 Byassee Drive about 7:30 a.m. after workers reported finding a man's body. Police identified the man as Dwayne K. Tate, but did not give an age or hometown for him.

Investigators suspect Tate's body came to the center from an outside pickup and are working to determine what area it came from, said Capt. Mark McKeon.

It was discovered as the recycled materials were beginning to move through the center's sorting and compacting process, McKeon said.

A medical examiner is working to find a cause of death and determine how long Tate had been deceased, police said.

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