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Dayton, Minn. (AP)

Authorities ID body found in Dayton park

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The Hennepin County medical examiner's office has identified the body found in the Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton as Christopher Cox, 26, from Champlin.

Officials have told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that the man apparently died from a shotgun wound to the head and the body had been in the park for months.

The remains were found by a man walking in a wooded area in the north end of the park on Friday afternoon.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)