UPDATE: Man's Death Now a Homicide Investigation in Carthage, MO
By: Christina Wapp
Updated: April 25, 2012
(Carthage, MO) -- The discovery of a man's body near the Spring River in Carthage is now a homicide investigation.
Police say the body is a 43-year-old hispanic man.
His body was found around 9:00 a.m. in the 600 block of High Street.
Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan says the body was found near an area commonly used as a homeless camp.
The major case squad has been called in to investigate.
"No body was down there," Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan says. "No one knew how the person died. They just found him down there deceased and usually it's a pretty populated area and usually a lot of folks down there."
Police haven't released a cause of death but an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
Police say the body is a 43-year-old hispanic man.
His body was found around 9:00 a.m. in the 600 block of High Street.
Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan says the body was found near an area commonly used as a homeless camp.
The major case squad has been called in to investigate.
"No body was down there," Carthage Police Chief Greg Dagnan says. "No one knew how the person died. They just found him down there deceased and usually it's a pretty populated area and usually a lot of folks down there."
Police haven't released a cause of death but an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
