SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of death of Marion Paul Minter Jr. whose body was located Sunday afternoon in a wooded area in Spalding County.
Deputies of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division responded just after 1 p.m. to the dead end of Pine Street after a report was made to 911 by Timothy Copeland, who stated he had discovered his friend unresponsive.
Upon arrival, Deputy L.E. Smith met with Copeland, who led him to a camp site in the woods.
After determining Minter was deceased, the Criminal Investigation Division was notified and assumed responsibility of the case.
“He has been identified and next of kin have been notified, as well,” said Sheriff Darrell Dix. “He was homeless. He lived in a tent off of Pine Street, at the dead end of Pine Street.”
Dix said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting in the death investigation.
“There was no indication of any foul play, but when you find a person’s body, you want to find out what happened, so that’s why the body was sent to the Crime Lab for autopsy,” he said.
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