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Dead man found hanging from freeway overpass

Staff
Monday July 16, 2001

Oakland police say the body of a man was found swinging from a freeway overpass near the Grand Lake Theater early this morning. 

According to a police spokeswoman, at approximately 7 a.m. a man tied a rope around his neck and jumped from the overpass on the 300 block of MacArthur Blvd.  

An Alameda County Coroner official said the body has not been identified.