The body was found at about 4 a.m. Thursday morning. A sanitation worker for Waste Management made a grizzly discovery as he began his morning route Thursday. Around 4 a.m., as he picked up the trash at a dumpster on Flint's north side, he spotted a dead body.
Police say it appears the victim had been shot and badly burned.
I looked outside and saw all this. Flint police and the state crime lab roped off the area and searched for evidence. Police say the victim was killed, then thrown over a cement wall near the parking lot of a shopping plaza. People are friendly and there are very nice people here. Police say the victim is a black male and they are investigating this as a homicide.