(Updated 10:30 a.m.) Body Found in Wapato Authorities Investigating

Yakama Nation Police and the Yakima County Sheriff's office continue to search for clues in the death of a man found along US 97 at West Wapato Road Friday. Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice says he can only identify the man as a Native American. Curtice says the man doesn't to appear to have been hit by a car. An autopsy is set for Wednesday to determine how the man died.
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Police are investigating the discovery of a body on Friday in Wapato. Authorities aren't releasing much information other than to say the body was found along U.S. 97 and West Wapato Road Friday night. No other information has been released.