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Another suspicious death | Second body in 2 days found in Augusta

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By Tim Darnell
May 5, 2020

For the second consecutive day, Richmond County deputies are investigating another suspicious death after a body was found.

The second body was found Tuesday morning on the porch of an abandoned house, according to WRDW. Police were called to the scene in the 500 block of Sibley Street about 8 a.m.

On Monday, about a mile and a half away, construction workers found a body on a job site. That death is also being investigated as suspicious.

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That victim has been identified as Sevin Tralane Walker, 45.

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