LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Authorities in Massachusetts said the decapitated body of a young man was found in the Merrimack River in Lawrence by a woman walking her dog.
The body, found Thursday on the riverbank of the 117-mile-long river near Lawrence's Boys and Girls Club, has not yet been identified. The victim's name will not be released until the state medical examiner conducts an autopsy on Friday, Essex District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Carrie Kimball Monahan said.