Body found in Hopkinton at recycling facility

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HOPKINTON, Mass. —

Hopkinton police are investigating a body found at a recycling facility. 

This morning at 8:40 a.m., the Hopkinton Police Department received a call from E.L. Harvey and Sons reporting that workers had found a man's body inside the items brought to the Municipal Recycling Center, Building 6.

Hopkinton police told FOX25 that all workers at the facility have been accounted for and this is not a workplace incident. 

Police said the body is likely of a white male around 40 years old. Police believe the man's body was brought to the facility from an outside community. 

Hopkinton police and Massachusetts State Police are on scene conducting the investigation.