Crime & Safety
Body Found in Austell
The body was badly decomposed, police say, and they don't know if it was a man or a woman. It was discovered Saturday morning.

AUSTELL, GA -- A badly decomposed body was found Saturday morning behind an Austell townhouse development.
Police don't know if the body belonged to a man or a woman.
The body was found in a creek in the 1900 block of Padgett Drive, reports the AJC.
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Cobb County's medical examiner's office has taken over the case.
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