CHESTER, S.C. (WBTV) - A man was found dead not far from a busy Chester County road on Wednesday night.

The county coroner’s office said the man -- whose name was not released -- lived with his girlfriend in a makeshift cabin in the woods off the J.A. Cochran Bypass, right outside downtown Chester.

The coroner’s office said the girlfriend left the cabin, and when she came back, she found the man dead.

The man was said to have been about 60 years old.

No cause of death or other details were immediately given.

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