Badly Decomposed Body Found Hanging From Tree in Wooded Area

A badly decomposed body was found Friday afternoon hanging from a tree near the M-53 expressway and 23 Mile Road in Shelby Township.

Lt. Mike Coady told Patch the person was hanging by the neck, and appeared to have been there for a "very long time."

Coady said the body was found in a wooded area, near a strip of land where builders have been clearing trees to make way for development, but the area was not visible to any homes or office buildings.

"It was in a wooded area and now that the leaves have dropped its more sparse," he said.

The body was discovered around 2 p.m. after a motorist alerted the police that they had seen something suspicious. When police arrived, they made the gruesome discovery. 

"It hasn’t been classified as s suicide at this time," Coady said.

The Macomb County Medical Examiner was to perform an autopsy Saturday to determine the cause of death.

Police have not released the person's identity.

UPDATE: Man believed to have died from suicide.