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Country star Tyler Rich ended 2020 with a terrible shock … he found a corpse.
Tyler was running in a park in Massachusetts when he found a man’s body. The body was in a densely wooded area, and at first Rich thought it was a homeless young man who was sleeping.
Tyler kept running, but got worried and went around to make sure the guy was okay. He explained what happened next … “I realize that he is not breathing and when I approach him, all I see is a lifeless face covered in blood. Everywhere. It looked like maybe a shot or brute force. In this moment, I freak out and run up the steep hill to try to find someone with a phone to call the police. “
He said he then tripped over a couple walking on the main road and used the phone to call the authorities. After they arrived, Rich gave his statement to the police and the FBI.
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Tyler says the cops came and found a gun in the guy’s hand, under his body, concluding that “it could potentially have been a suicide … Not that there is any kind of thing that could help me deal with finding him like this. “
Although Tyler says it was a little comfort to know that the body was not discarded by someone else, he is still extremely shaken … “I am doing what I can to process this, the image, the reality. It was a difficult 24 hours … Something I will never fail to see or forget … He looked like a normal young boy. Someone with a family probably wondering where he was. “
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Tyler and his wife were in Massachusetts visiting relatives for the holiday.
Law enforcement officials are not releasing more information about the death.
As for Tyler … “Whoever you are and be, a friend of RIP.”