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The Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit is investigating after the body of a pre-teen white boy was found in Cherokee Park on Tuesday afternoon.Latest developmentsPolice said the boy's body was found around 4:30 p.m. in a wooded area off the beaten path.Police cars lined the Scenic Loop well into Tuesday night as detectives searched for clues.“I heard the ambulance coming through quickly and the siren blasting,” said cyclist Dianne Kerrigan.Kerrigan said she cut through the woods to find out what was going on.“As I'm coming through, I see several policemen just walking around and I say, ‘Is everything OK? Is something wrong?’ They said ‘No, we are just surveying the area,’” Kerrigan said.Investigators said the boy, who's believed to be between 11 and 13, did not have an ID, so they do not know his identity.Detectives were tight-lipped Tuesday evening as to what the boy's injuries were and said the Homicide Unit is conducting a death investigation to figure out if the injuries were accidental or if someone hurt him.“Specifically was it from falling, accidental, self-inflicted, was it something someone else did? That is all under investigation,” said police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley.Police aren't sure how long the boy had been in the park. He was taken to Kosair Children’s Hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead.Anyone who has reported a child missing or believes a child is missing should call police at 574-LMPD.