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Suspicious death investigation underway after body found in Dixon ditch

The sheriff's office has not yet released a cause of death or any identification for the person found.
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DIXON, Calif — The Solano County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death after finding a body in a ditch near Dixon.

According to the spokesperson for the sheriff's office, a deputy was conducting an unrelated traffic stop at around 11:15 a.m. when someone flagged him down to report seeing a body in a ditch near Dixon Avenue West in Dixon. The deputy eventually found the body himself. 

As of Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff's office is investigating this incident as a suspicious death, but they're "looking at all the possibilities."

The sheriff's office has not yet released a cause of death or any identification for the person found.

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