MANCHESTER, York County — Officials are trying to determine how the body of a Butler City man ended up among recyclables at a plant about 250 miles away.

The body of 59-year-old Randall David Rich was found at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Penn Waste Recycling Facility on Mia Brae Drive, according to the Northern York County Regional Police Department.

The body was on a conveyor belt and discovered by employees who were sorting the recyclables, said Sgt. Gregg Anderson.

Anderson said the cause of Rich's death has not yet been determined.

Nor do officials yet know how the body got to the plant. Recyclables at the plant are collected from different waste companies throughout southwest Pennsylvania and Maryland, he said.

York County Coroner Pam Gay could not be reached for comment. However, she released multiple statements about the body via her official Twitter account, including this one on Monday: “The decedent appears to have been deceased at least for a few days,” according to one Tweet.

Officials know only that Rich, whose last known address was 130 Campbell St., was in the Butler area as recently as two weeks ago.

Anyone who knows Randall Rich should call the Northern York County Regional Police Department at 717-292-3647.