Police converged on a Worcester tow and auto body shop Wednesday afternoon after a body was found inside a vehicle, authorities said.

Officers were called to Early’s on Park Avenue at 536 Park Ave. around 2:20 p.m. and discovered a deceased person inside a blue Chevy van, police said in a statement.

The van was towed from 645 Park Ave. to Early’s police said.

Police called the death suspicious. The medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Sources told MassLive the body was inside a plastic container.

Police did not identify the victim.

Scanner transmissions indicate the van was towed to Early’s and was emitting an odor.

It appears the van was abandoned. Records show the van came from Marlborough.

Worcester police said that there was a call for a body in a vehicle and did not release any more information.

Crime scene investigators and detectives remained at the scene after 5 p.m.

The incident remains under investigation.

Several bodies have been found in Worcester in recent weeks.

On May 25, a body was discovered in Beaver Brook Park on Chandler Street. The medical examiner has accepted that case and will determine the cause and manner of the man’s death. Police have not released further information.

A few days prior, on May 22, the body of a man was removed from an apartment at 134 Lake Ave. The death of the victim, John P. Riordan Jr., has not been ruled a homicide, however, a Shrewsbury man is facing assault charges in connection with the incident.

And also on May 22, a Massport employee was found dead inside a facilities trailer at Worcester Regional Airport. That death remains under investigation by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Worcester District Attorney’s office.