Edmonton police have confirmed to CTV News that investigators were on the scene at a north side paper recycling facility after a body was found.
On Friday morning, a number of officers were at Capital Paper, on 148 Street and 128 Avenue, where a body was found at about 8:45 a.m. by employees at the facility who called police
Police said on the scene that the body that was found came from a vehicle that picked up recycling at dozens of stops throughout Edmonton.
“The truck that we’ve identified that delivered the body made roughly 55 pickups throughout the evening so could be anywhere throughout the city,” Acting Insp. Jerry Nash said Friday.
Edmonton Police Service officials confirmed the Homicide Unit had been called in – standard procedure in this case.
The case is being treated as a sudden death, officers said their initial investigation didn’t give them any reason to believe foul play was a factor in the death.
The investigation is still in the early stages, it's not clear whether the body was male or female.
“From speaking to the workers here at Capital, surprisingly enough it sounds like this is the third time that this has happened at this location,” Nash said.
The most recent incident dates back to June 2012, when a body was found in a compressed paper bale.
In that case, investigators determined the body had come from the US, and was not considered suspicious.
In Friday’s case, police are hoping for more information after autopsy results are revealed, an autopsy is expected next week.
With files from Amanda Anderson
