Police investigating after Dallas water utility workers find body in east Oak Cliff field

Police are investigating after workers with Dallas Water Utilities found a body Tuesday in a vacant field in east Oak Cliff.

Officers were called about 3:30 p.m. to the 2600 block of 52nd Street, near East Ledbetter Drive, and found a man dead from “homicidal violence,” police said.

The Dallas County medical examiner’s office is still working to identify the victim, and the motive and circumstances around the slaying are being investigated, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident may contact Detective Chad Murphy at 214-283-4934 or chad.murphy@dallascityhall.com and refer to case No. 059393-2022.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 to anyone with a tip that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case. Tips can be submitted by calling 214-373-8477.