NOTE: The article first reported that the EPA was dragging the pond. New information from Sgt. Greg Klecker said that it was another private company doing contract work to remove barrels from the pond. This has been updated in the article.

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BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI -- Police in Buena Vista Township are investigating a body found in a car that was in a pond.

Detective Sgt. Greg Klecker said that workers who were subcontracted to recover barrels from a pond in the township near Hack Road were performing diving operations when they discovered a vehicle in the pond.

Upon further inspection, an unidentified person was found deceased in the vehicle, according to Klecker.

Klecker said the Michigan State Police Crime lab has arrived on the scene and the incident is being treated as suspicious.

Additional details were not immediately available.