Police open homicide investigation after body found in woods in NW Atlanta
A man was found dead in a wooded area of Atlanta’s Carey Park neighborhood Wednesday evening, leading police to open a homicide investigation when the victim’s cause of death was not immediately clear.
Officers were called for a person down in the woods at the corner of Etheridge Drive and 7th Street near the Etheridge Court Apartments around 5 p.m., Atlanta police said in a news release. Atlanta Fire Rescue personnel were already on the scene and had pronounced the man dead.
The man was later identified by police as Jacob Weaver.
Police said the official cause and manner of death will be determined by an autopsy. Homicide investigators are working to determine the circumstances around the man’s death.
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Henri Hollis is a reporter and restaurant critic for the Food & Dining team. Formerly a freelance writer and photographer with a focus on food and restaurants, he joined the AJC full-time in January 2021, first covering breaking news. He is a lifelong Atlantan and a graduate of Georgia Tech.
