Ann Arbor police investigating after 18-year-old's body found in wooded area
Courtesy of Ann Arbor police
Police believe the circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old man whose body was found in a wooded Ann Arbor area Sunday may be suspicious, officials said Monday.
The man's body was found near Eisenhower Parkway and Eisenhower Place around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Ann Arbor police Lt. Renee Bush said.
“He was found by two individuals who reported it to police,” Bush added.
Police believe the death could be suspicious due to the man's young age, and because he was found in a wooded area without any identification. According to Bush, investigators were able to identify the man Monday, but were not releasing his name pending family notification.
Bush said the man's body was in the wooded area "less than a day or two." All the regular medical tests, including an autopsy, are pending, she added.
Police would not elaborate on the situation Monday beyond saying it was a sensitive case and still under investigation.
“(Detectives) are still chasing down leads,” Bush said. "(Everything) is still revealing itself."
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
AJACK
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 10:10 p.m.
Prayers for the family and friends of this teen from our family.
Urban Sombrero
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 5:49 p.m.
This is really awful. I hope foul play wasn't involved. My thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time.
Joe_Citizen
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 4:42 p.m.
My regards go out to the family. This is such a tragic lose.
mady
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:31 p.m.
So sad. prayers go out to this young man's family & friends.
Kyle Mattson
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:19 p.m.
As a reminder, please direct all questions regarding removed comments to the community guidelines thread or by sending me an email so I can look into the comment and get you an answer asap. Comments made on stories regarding this on stories are distracting and subject for removal to keep things on topic. Thanks.
Jack
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 11:25 p.m.
"Comments made on stories regarding this on stories are distracting and subject for removal to keep things on topic." I'm not at all sure what you're trying to say here. ???
Sam S Smith
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 11:48 a.m.
Special thoughts and prayers for this young man, his family and friends!
PineyWoodsGuy
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 3:05 a.m.
Discovering a dead teen in an Ann Arbor field is an highly unusual event. Let's follow this story and see how the AAPD deals with it. IMHO this is one of the Most Serious local news stories of 2013 (so far, today being 3 June 2013).
jns131
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 2:57 a.m.
How little yee forgets. Remember another sensational story of 1980? Happened pretty close to home for me and let me tell you, a friend of mine should have been celebrating another year with us but is not. This is not big news. What happened in 1980 was.
jns131
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 2:17 a.m.
I am giving everyone the eye roll here. Quit complaining about Ypsilanti crime before you all go nay saying us. Look in your own backyard before you deduce who has the worse crime rate. Ann Arbor? You laid off your police officials while we hired more. Nuff said.
a2citizen
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 6:11 p.m.
jns, it's a suspicious death - don't jump to conclusions. Yet to be answered - where the victim is from, where the victim died, how the victim died, and who, if anyone, left him there.
jns131
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 4:33 p.m.
You folks found a body. Has Ypsilanti? Nope. Nuff said.
Lola
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 3:08 a.m.
I don't think there's any question that Ypsilanti's crime rate is far worse than Ann Arbor's, especially violent crimes.
Elouise
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:16 a.m.
May be suspicious? ...you don't say?
MorningGirl
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 6:14 p.m.
My thoughts exactly. I can't imagine how it could NOT be suspicious.
music to my ear
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 3:24 p.m.
and does it matter a young man has lost his life, as you lost the topic of the story.
johnnya2
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 2:23 a.m.
People of all ages die every day that have nothing to do with anything suspicious. Reporting it IS the job of the reporter. This death MAY be suspicious. Others, not so much.
a2roots
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 11:20 p.m.
It is unlikely 100 more officers on the force could prevent many crimes from happening. There is not enough information about this case to remotely think more officers could have stopped it from happening. I would like to see more funds directed toward public safety but lets be realistic. Crimes of opportunity are going to occur no matter how large the force.
a2roots
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 1:07 p.m.
@objective...with regard to the Skyline incident. I am in that building often. It is completely ridiculous to think that officer Morales presence would have anything to do with keeping the alleged incident from happening unless he was right there as the incident occurred.
Milton Shift
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 3:33 a.m.
If we had a cop for every citizen, and a cop for every cop to prevent cops from committing crimes themselves, there would be no crime. Get to it, Mr. Mayor.
TryingToBeObjective
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:19 a.m.
Prevention is key. For example, the kid who allegedly (have to have that word in there) pulled a knife at Skyline this morning might have been prevented from considering the action if police had been a daily presence IN the building, as they were last year.
Anna
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 8:54 p.m.
Just curious, how did they determine he was 18-years-old if he was found without any identification?
TryingToBeObjective
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:16 a.m.
Missing person report? Very sad.
a2citizen
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 10:54 p.m.
"... investigators were able to identify the man Monday..."
Julie Baker
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 10:39 p.m.
Many details have not yet been released, but this portion is in the story: According to Bush, investigators were able to identify the man Monday, but were not releasing his name pending family notification.
ViSHa
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 8:32 p.m.
Looks like the same area/time where the vehicle break-ins were.
a2citizen
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 11:23 p.m.
Astute observation.
Westfringe
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 8:03 p.m.
Hey Mayor, still think we should keep the police underfunded and understaffed? Crime is increasing. Public safety service should be the NUMBER ONE concern of our city government. Stop wasting money on bike lanes, art, and pie-in-the-sky mass transit schemes until you PROTECT US!
Mitch
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 1:16 a.m.
Pssst, no mater how many police we have, they are not responsible for YOUR safety.
Peregrine
Tue, Jun 4, 2013 : 12:11 a.m.
I'm not sure I'm following the logic. If we had more police officers certainly one would be posted in this very wooded area?
Tru2Blu76
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 8:02 p.m.
Best of luck to AAPD in their investigation of this sad case.
Brad
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 7:47 p.m.
Well that's certainly creepy.