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Police identify man’s body found floating near I-20 in southeast Oak Cliff

: Revised to include the victim’s identity.

Dallas police are investigating after a passerby spotted a man’s body floating in southeast Oak Cliff on Friday afternoon.

A water-rescue unit from Dallas Fire-Rescue was sent to the area near Interstate 20 and Bonnie View Road around 3 p.m. after a motorist stuck in traffic saw the body.

Authorities found 26-year-old Hilario Lopez Jr. floating face down in a body of water off Interstate 20, Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said. He had died from homicidal violence, police said.

Dallas Fire-Rescue retrieved the remains and transferred them to the medical examiner’s office.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Detective Erica King at 214-671-3684 or erica.king@dallascityhall.com.

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