Police Seek Tips Related To Dead Body Found In East Austin

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Police are seeking help from the public to help solve a suspicious death case in East Austin.

Police on Thursday (Oct. 19) responded to the 5000 block of Alf Avenue at around 8:22 a.m. after reports of a dead man discovered by MasTec utility workers near the Kingsbury solar station. Given the trauma found on the body, the case is being investigated as a suspicious death, police said in a news advisory.

The victim has since been identified as Magdaleno Benitez Flores, who was 25 years old at the time of his death. According to information provided by police, the man had just turned 25 a little over two weeks before his death, on Oct. 2. Police said he had been decomposing for several days at the site before being found.

Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information about this incident — including insights into who might have been in contact with Flores or in the area of the solar station during the past week — to call the Homicide Tip Line at 512-477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS or by texting "Tip 103" + a detailed message to CRIMES.

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