The body of a man from “Durham/Carthage, North Carolina” was found in Brodnax, Virginia, on Tuesday morning.
The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the suspicious death after the department was called about a deceased man found on Route 1.
“The victim was described as a white male in is mid/late 40s or 50s and was naked and had no identifying documents and no personal effects were located in the area,” wrote the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office in a press release on Wednesday. “There was no apparent signs of any significant trauma leading to a known conclusion for cause of death at this time. It is believed that the victim died at a different location and was brought to this area by an unknown person/s. The scene was photographed and processed for evidence and his body was transported to the medical examiner’s office for autopsy.”
Once the body arrived in Richmond, authorities were alerted to an identification from a “fingerprint hit” and identified the victim as 52-year-old Bobby Dean Whitaker.
If anyone has any information relating to this death investigation, contact Captain Joey Lopresti at the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office at 434-848-3133.
Feature photo: Bobby Dean Whitaker. Photo provided by Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.Â
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