On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at approximately 9:29 am, the Wayne County 911 Center received a call about a body in the 600 block of Watershed Road, LaGrange.

Deputies and detectives were dispatched to the area where the body of a deceased unidentified male subject was located within the wood line near the highway. A citizen driving by saw the body and called 911.

Detectives have opened a death investigation case and the body will be sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh to determine a cause of death and to determine the identification of the deceased.