Body found in Fresno County orchard

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Monday, May 23, 2016
Body found in Fresno County orchard
Authorities are calling the death suspicious and detectives are in the area working to determine what happened.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Farmers found a dead man at the edge of a Fresno County almond orchard Sunday afternoon.

Fresno County Sheriff's deputies say the property owners located the body near McKinley and Leonard Avenues, 6 miles east of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.

Detectives say there was obvious trauma to the body and they're investigating it as a homicide.

The age and identity of the victim have not been released yet, and detectives don't know how long the body was in the orchard.

Stay with ABC30 for the latest developments.