UPDATE: Mobile Police identify body found on I-65

UPDATE (6/28 11:33 a.m.): Officials with the Mobile Police Department have released the identity of a man whose body had been found near a median on Northbound I-65.

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Police identified the man as 52-year-old Alphonce Campbell of Prichard. A cause of death has not been released.

MPD officials said they are still investigating.

Original Story:

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department says a body was found Thursday afternoon on Northbound Interstate 65.

A Mobile Police spokesperson said officers responded to a reported body found near the median on Northbound I-65 between Interstate 10 and Government Boulevard.

On the scene, officers found a male dead on the roadway.

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MPD is investigating the cause of death.

The victim’s name has not been released. It will be released once the family is notified.

This is a developing story. News 5 will provide updates as more information becomes available.

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