Welfare verify results in discovery of man’s physique in Riverside house, Jacksonville police say

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A sergeant with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned investigators who had been known as Wednesday to carry out a welfare verify at a house in Riverside are treating the reason for a person’s demise as undetermined, however famous there gave the impression to be “suspicious circumstances.”

In response to Sgt. Hopely, officers responded to the house on Frederica Place at about 4:19 p.m. Once they entered the house, Hopely mentioned, they discovered a person’s physique.

“We’re treating it as an undetermined demise proper now, however there’s there does look like some suspicious circumstances that we’re attempting to work by way of,” Hopely mentioned, saying detectives had been early of their investigation.

The sergeant mentioned the person was estimated to be in his early- to mid-70s. Hopely was unable to disclose a reason for demise.