Crime & Safety

Body Of Missing Lithonia Boy Found Near Wooded Area In Park

The boy's grandmother identified a body that was found Monday as 13-year-old Jamarien Crosby.

LITHONIA, GA — The body of a young boy found near a DeKalb County park Monday afternoon was identified by his grandmother as Jamarien Crosby, CBS46 News reported.

The body was found around 4:20 p.m. in a wooded area in the 2600 block of Parkway Trail, the outlet reported.

Fox 5 Atlanta reported the boy was 13 years old.

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Family members told media outlets Crosby has been missing since Saturday.

Read more via CBS46 and Fox 5 Atlanta.

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