Investigators seek information on June homicide in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is requesting witnesses or anyone with information to come forward regarding a June homicide.

Elias Jkhael Delk, 28, was murdered on June 15 at Dollar General, 1710 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office.

Coroner Mark Bowen says Delk appeared to have died from multiple blunt-force trauma.

Deputies responded to the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. around 4:45 a.m. to investigate a suspicious situation.

Bowen says he was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 a.m.

Anyone with information, contact Sean Morrow or any violent crimes investigator with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office at 706-432-5281 or 706-821-1080.

Crime across the region

Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River, but as the largest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.

The death is among the latest in an outbreak of deadly violence that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA in a little over two years.

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