Body discovered in Augusta motel room

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A physique was discovered Thursday afternoon at an Augusta motel, and it’s a demise that’s being thought of suspicious.

The male physique was reported at 12:31 p.m. in a room on the Motel 6, 201 Boy Scout Street.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen responded to the scene, and the individual was pronounced lifeless at 1:12 p.m., in keeping with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace legal investigations unit was on the scene, and authorities mentioned the demise was being investigated as suspicious, pending an post-mortem and toxicology experiences.

Code enforcement additionally responded to the scene.

There have been homicides and different crimes at motels in that neighborhood.

On July 20, Keshia Chanel Geter, 26, from Eastover, S.C., was fatally shot on the Knights Inn, 210 Boy Scout Street. Jaquarie Allen, 22, of Augusta, was charged with homicide.

And on July 5, a house invasion was reported on the Motel 6. Raymond Fluellen Jr. and Pamela Shelton had been recognized because the suspects within the invasion on the motel the place some individuals stay on a longer-term foundation.

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