DOTHAN, Ala. (WDNews) — A body was discovered Sunday afternoon, September 14, in the backyard of an abandoned home on Marbury Street in Dothan.
According to Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd, the level of decomposition suggests the man had been deceased for several days. The body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for an autopsy and toxicology report.
“The condition of the remains were so decomposed, that we would need to do an autopsy to determine if foul play occurred and to determine his identification, too,” Byrd told WDNews.
Byrd said toxicology results could take 60 to 80 days.
Reports came in around 12:00 p.m. on Sunday that a deceased individual was found in the yard of the abandoned residence on Marbury Street, between Ussery Street and Cherry Street. Multiple Dothan Police officers responded to the scene.
Although the cause of death has not been confirmed, it has been reported that police are not ruling out foul play. The investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released at a later time.
WDNews will continue to follow this story.
