LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette police are investigating after a body was found in a trash truck Monday morning.
The Tippecanoe County Corner identified the body as 43-year-old Shawn Kaiser from Zionsville. Coroner Carrie Costello said the cause and manner of death are pending.
Police said someone called reporting a body in a dumpster behind Home Acres Building Supply in the 3400 block of Rascal Drive around 8 a.m.
Officers arrived but determined a truck had already emptied the dumpster and was on the way to a transfer station.
Officers stopped the truck and located Kaiser dead in the truck.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Lafayette police at t 765- 807-1200.