Body removed from creek in Oakland Park

BSO dive team retrieves body from water near Cherry Creek Park

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – A body was removed from a creek Monday night in Oakland Park.

According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, someone called deputies to report seeing a body in the water near Cherry Creek Park off Oakland Park Boulevard, just west of U.S. Highway 1.

A dive team retrieved the body and the adjacent park was roped off with yellow crime scene tape.

The creek feeds into the North Fork Middle River.

Deputies haven't identified the victim or revealed the circumstances surrounding the person's death.


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.