Body Found In Laurel Trash Compactor

LAUREL, Md. (WUSA) --Prince George's County Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a trash compactor at a recycling center in Laurel Tuesday morning. Police later identified the man as 45-year-old Lindolph Marcellouf, Jr., of the 12300 blk of William Beanes Road in Upper Marlboro.

His body was taken to the medical examiners office where an  autopsy will be performed in order to determine the cause of death.  

Officer Henry Tippett, spokesperson for Prince George's County Police, says the man's body, was found in a trash compactor at the Encore Recycling Plant in the 13200 block of Virginia Manor Road.

Tippett says an employee of the center made the gruesome discovery early Tuesday morning.

Homicide investigators were called to the scene, however police would not call it a case of murder. A spokesman said they are classifying the incident as a suspicious death for now, pending the completion of the autopsy.