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Police: No Official Cause of Death of Missing Upper Gwynedd Man

The body of Joshua Hutchinson, 26, was found blocks near his home on the Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve on Swedesford Road.

Upper Gwynedd Township Police report no official cause of death has been determined for Joshua Hutchinson, 26, of Upper Gwynedd.

Reported exclusively on Patch, Hutchinson was last seen by friends and family May 9 after leaving his Swedesford Road home on foot. He was reported missing on May 27.

After missing for 23 days, Hutchinson's body was found by a searcher at 4:20 p.m. June 1 near a walking trail in a wooded area on the 600 block of Swedesford Road on the Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve, five blocks from his home, police said.

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Upper Gwynedd Township Police and the Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Dogs searched large wooded areas near Hutchinson's home, but he was not located, police said.   

The Montgomery County Coroner is investigating the cause of Hutchinson's death, police said. 

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