BUCKEYE, AZ — The Buckeye Police Department is investigating after a body was located at a landfill on April 10.
Police officials say at around 11:30 a.m., BPD responded to the Southwest Regional Landfill for reports of a body found. The landfill is located along SR-85 in Buckeye.
Detectives have identified the body as 60-year-old Shawn Woodruff, also known as "Short Dog." Next of kin has been notified, police say.
His body was reportedly found among refuse that had been delivered to the landfill earlier that day. The landfill area where the body was found receives refuse from multiple transfer stations throughout the Valley, so it's unclear at this time where it came from.
The body did not show any obvious signs of trauma and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office is still working to determine a cause of death.
Buckeye police say Woodruff did not have permanent housing and was known to frequent the area of SR 51 and Thomas Road in Phoenix.
If anyone has information regarding his last whereabouts and activities please call the Buckeye Police Department tip line at 623-349-6411.
