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UPDATE: Body discovered near I-81 identified

A man's body was pulled from a storm drain late Wednesday night off Interstate 81 in Dunmore.

DUNMORE, Pa. — A man's body was pulled from a storm drain in Lackawanna County. 

Newswatch 16 was there as firefighters lowered the ladder into what appeared to be a storm drain right off Interstate 81 in Dunmore.

Dunmore police, state troopers, county detectives, and the coroner were called to the area late Wednesday night.

The coroner identified the victim as John Miller, 37, of Old Forge. Investigators are waiting for toxicology results to determine the cause and manner of death.

Investigators said people geocaching in the area found the body.

Geocachers use mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches," at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world, according to Wikipedia.

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