Homicide Investigation As Partially Decomposed Body Found Near Poarch

November 2, 2016

A partially decomposed body found Tuesday outside Atmore is being investigated as homicide.

The body was found outside a camper trailer in the 3000 block of Ewing Farm Farm Road after the Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s Office received a call about a dead body. The caller said the body was outside his brother’s residence.

Deputies responded and found a body that had been exposed to the elements for a lengthy time. The residence belongs to a Daniel Keith Fox, but the victim has not been identified at this time by Dept. of Forensics Sciences.

Family members told deputies they had not seen or heard from Fox in approximately a week, but they had not reported him missing. They drove to his residence and found what appeared to be his body lying on the ground.

Investigators arrived on the scene and began to process the scene. This death is being investigated as suspicious, but all deaths are treated as homicides until proven otherwise. The body was taken to the Department of Forensics Sciences in Mobile for an autopsy. The findings of that autopsy have not been released at this time.

The victim’s vehicle is missing from the residence. It is a 1992 Ford F-150 pickup truck with a faded maroon stripe on the side and possibly a toolbox on the back. The Alabama tag number is 30BK659.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the vehicle in this investigation should contact their local law enforcement entity or the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at 251-809-2154.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News