NEW DETAILS: Phenix City police continue to investigate homicide after body found on Brickyard Rd.
Phenix City police has released new details today in a homicide investigation after a female body was located last Friday.
The body was discovered on October 27, 2023 at approximately 1:15 PM when the Phenix City Police Department Patrol Division responded to a call on Brickyard Rd. near Fontaine Rd. in reference to a deceased person.
“Upon arrival Officers discovered the body of an adult female in an advance stage of decomposition in a ditch off the side of the roadway,” Criminal Investigations Captain Skip Lassiter said.
The Phenix City Police Department Criminal Investigations Division arrived on scene and started an investigation.
The body of the female was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy.
Criminal Investigations Captain Skip Lassiter released new details, including the female’s height, and weight, as well as tattoos on the female’s body. The female, who is white, has a height of 5’3” and weighing 129 pounds. She has a tattoo on her lower right abdomen, which is pictured below, and a tattoo on her lower back. The female suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators are seeking help from the public, if you have any information on the identity of the female or any other information you are asked to contact Inv. John Young at (334) 448- 2794 or the Phenix City Police Department at (334) 298-0611.
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