FedEx Driver Finds Dead Body In Jefferson County

LIPSCOMB, AL - A FedEx driver discovered a dead body Wednesday afternoon just inside the Lipscomb city limits. Lipscomb Police Chief Mareshah Moses said the body was covered with two garbage bags.

The body of a black male was found about 1:30 p.m. near the railroad tracks on 15th Street. The driver called 911 and police responded. Moses told Alabama Media Group that the victim was in two garbage bags. One of the bags covered the lower half of his body and the other covered the top half. His feet were bound with tape, and there was also tape around the outside of the garbage bag at his head and mid-torso areas, as if to keep the garbage bags secured.

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The victim was not carrying any identification and investigators do not yet know his identity. He had an obvious head wound, but Moses said they don’t yet know if that is from a gunshot, blunt force trauma or something else.

Once they identify the victim – who appeared to be anywhere from his early 40s to late 50s - they hope to talk to his family and possibly retrace his last know activities.

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