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PHOENIX - A death investigation is underway after a body was found Sunday afternoon on Camelback Mountain in Phoenix.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos said a hiker at Echo Canyon came across the body along the trail around 4:30 p.m.
The hiker called police and officers climbed up to the scene to verify there was a deceased person on the mountain.
Detectives responded, but it became too dark for them to climb to the spot at night, according to Martos.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump said detectives returned back to the scene Monday morning and waited for an airlift to the site of the found body.
Crump said it appears to be an adult male who has been dead for some time.
There are indications this was a suicide, according to Crump.
Investigators were expected to be out at the scene most of the morning and the park area was closed to all activity.
The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.