By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 29, 2020

STODDARD, Mo. (AP) - Authorities investigating a suspicious death in southeast Missouri have taken a suspect into custody.

The Southeast Missourian reports that the Stoddard County Major Case Squad descended Tuesday afternoon on a one-story home in Advance. The name of the victim wasn’t immediately released.

Several schools in the area were placed on lockdown amid the investigation.

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