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DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Police are looking into a man who was found dead in rural Macon County.
Macon County Coroner Michael Day said 51-year-old James Earl Taylor was pronounced dead Friday. A passerby found Taylor near the intersection of Bender and North Country Club Roads in rural Macon County and reported it to authorities.
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Preliminary results from an autopsy conducted in McLean County Coroner’s Morgue Saturday found Taylor died by gunshot. He was identified through dental records.
State Police are conducting a criminal investigation into Taylor’s death. The investigation is ongoing.
