APD asking for help identifying body found Thursday

AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) - Amarillo police are asking for help identifying the body found yesterday near a City of Amarillo water reclamation facility.

At 3:03 p.m., APD officers were called to meet Potter County deputies at the 7100 block of Cliffside Road.

Officials said workers found a body in a drain at a City of Amarillo-owned sewage lift station.

The APD dive team responded to help recover the body.

According to APD, the deceased appears to be a white or Hispanic man in his 20s.

The man was between 200 to 250 pounds and was 6′1″.

He was wearing Nike Shox Gravity shoes in a size 12.

The cause of death is unknown, but Justice of the Peace Robert Taylor has ordered an autopsy.

APD’s Special Crimes Unit is investigating the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Special Crimes Unit at (806) 378-9468.

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