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Body found near Garfield Middle School in Hamilton identified as 62-year-old man

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HAMILTON, Ohio — A 62-year-old man was found dead in a wooded area near Garfield Middle School Thursday afternoon.

Our partners at the Journal-News reported Hamilton police responded to a call that came into Butler County dispatch just before 2 p.m. about a person initially thought to be unconscious and not breathing in the 200 block of North Fair Avenue. After arriving, paramedics pronounced 62-year-old Norman Keith Jackson dead.

Jackson's cause of death is pending investigation.

Hamilton City Schools Superintendent Mike Holbrook confirmed to Journal-News that the wooded area was not school property.

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