Body found at Blue Plains waste facility in Southwest

A body was found at the Blue Plains waste facility in D.C. Thursday afternoon.

Just before 1 p.m., D.C. police officers responded to a report of an unconscious person on the 5000 block of Overlook Avenue SW, according to a police spokesperson.

When police arrived on the scene, they found an adult male who was dead.

No further details have been released. The death is still under investigation.

Below is a map of where the body was found:

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