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Report: Stafford County Sheriff's Search for Bodies on Belle Plains Property

Stafford Sheriff Maj. David Decatur confirms investigation on Belle Plains Road is a search for bodies, WUSA-9 said.

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Law enforcement personnel have been at 881 Belle Plains Road for six days, following the arrest of Dennis Paul Benzie on March 15. 

"After the arrest officials began receiving numerous leads about bodies buried in the Belle Plains Road area," Decatur told WUSA.

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