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Firefighters discover body near S. College Street Thursday
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Statesboro firefighters discovered the body of a man after responding to a fire call Thursday afternoon on South College Street. Statesboro police Detective Sgt. James Winskey said firefighters were called around 2 p.m. to a wooded area on South College Street near the railroad tracks just south of Eagle Health and Rehabilitation, where they found the body of 24-year-old Otto James Rountree III, of Statesboro, according to multiple sources. Winskey could not elaborate on why the fire department was called instead of police, except to say that firefighters “responded to a fire call."
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