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Homicide victim found in Pickering woods identified as Nicholas Samaroo, 24

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Samaroo is Durham Region's 1st homicide victim of 2019, police say

Durham police say the body was discovered in a wooded area in Pickering by a woman walking her dogs. (Durham Regional Police/Twitter)

Durham police have identified a man found dead in a wooded area in Pickering and now say he is the region's first homicide victim of 2019.

The body of Nicholas Samaroo, 24, of Pickering, was discovered by a woman around 7:30 a.m. Friday. She was walking her dogs in a forest near Liverpool Road North, about 150 meters north of Pine Ridge Secondary School.

His body "suffered obvious signs of trauma," police said in a news release.

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Durham police's homicide unit has taken over the case.