Officers identify 17-year-old found dead near railroad tracks in Northwest Jacksonville

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Officers identified a 17-year-old found dead near railroad tracks in Northwest Jacksonville.

Officers said Malek Yasan Dorsey of Jacksonville Beach was found dead in the woods on W. 19th Street on Saturday around 7 a.m.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said they are investigating the case as a homicide.

Officers have not said the teen's cause of death.

Dorsey would have been 18 years old in September.