By Associated Press - Saturday, May 17, 2014

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a makeshift campsite in a wooded area in Burlington.

Police describe the man as a transient in his 40s.

He was found unresponsive in a sleeping structure within a makeshift campsite on Saturday morning near the Burlington Electric Department.

Police have not released the man’s name until his family is notified.

Police say they are treating it as a suspicious death and say initial reports indicate that there is no threat to the general public.

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