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Update following discovery of human remains near M67
Greater Manchester Police said the discovery was made by road workers shortly after 11pm on Monday (August 3), near a bridge between junctions 3 and 4, as the workers carried out routine maintenance work.
The M67, which connects Tameside to the start of the Peak District, was closed throughout Tuesday (August 4) while investigations were carried out.
Now, police have said the remains belong to a man and have shared some details that have been established.
A Home Office post-mortem has taken place and it is now known that the body belongs to a man aged between 20 and 28 years old.
The body is approximately 5ft5 to 5ft9 tall and of medium build, while the ethnicity is yet to be established at this stage.
Police are continuing to work with specialist teams to understand the full circumstances behind how the man’s body ended up by the bridge.
It is currently not known how he died, and police are looking to locate the man’s next-of-kin to establish an identity.
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