Sheriffs try to identify body

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is trying to identify the body of a man found Sunday shot in the head.

According to a press release, a resident called 911 at 1:45 p.m. Sunday to report a body in an embankment by a western Orange County road.

Deputies checked the area, which was near Morrow Mill Road’s 8300 block, and discovered a male lying on his side in the undergrowth.

They think the body had been in the same location for a few days.

Monday’s autopsy report determined that the man died of a single gunshot wound to the head.

Investigator Chan McDade said Monday that the sheriff’s office doesn’t have any more information, but the office will release further details as they become available.

“We don’t have anything else to say right now,” he said, adding that the body’s location — about 12.5 miles west of UNC’s campus — was not near residences or businesses.

Police now are conducting a homicide investigation in the case of the man discovered Sunday.

Police are checking missing person reports to identify the man, who sheriffs say is a Hispanic male, 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and about 145 to 160 pounds.



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