Authorities ID body found at recycling facility in Hopkinton
Police believe body was moved from 'an outside community'
Authorities identified a body of a man found mixed in with items at a recycling center in Hopkinton.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and Hopkinton Police Chief Edward Lee identified the man as 39-year-old Shane Priester.
Priester's death is not considered suspicious, according to authorities.
The body was first reported around 8:40 a.m. by employees of E.L. Harvey and Sons, a trash and recycling company. Police said the workers spotted the body among items brought to the Municipal Recycling Center's Building No. 6 at 395 Wood St.
"The body was mixed in with items that were brought into this regional recycling facility," said Lt. Joseph Bennett of Hopkinton police.
Police confirmed that all employees were accounted for and that the death is not a workplace accident.
They also suspect that the body was brought to the recycling facility from "an outside community."
Workers were sent home and the business was closed for the day as police investigated.