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Portage Department of Public Safety investigating 'suspicious death'

The department responded to Long Lake Drive on Saturday after a pedestrian contacted them about seeing a dead man in a ditch.
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PORTAGE, Mich. — The Portage Department of Public Safety responded to the 4200 block of Long Lake Drive on Saturday at 4:20 p.m. after a pedestrian contacted them about seeing a dead man lying in the ditch adjacent to the road.

Officials are now identifying the man as 47-year-old Daleian Norris of Kalamazoo. Detectives are currently working to notify his family. 

The department says the case is under investigation and an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the Portage Department of Public Safety at 329-4567 or Silent Observer at 343-2100, www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com officials say there is no threat to the public.

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