AL - Male remains buried 8 ft under abandoned house since Dec 2020, Georgetown, 11 Jan 2022

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The death of a man who remains were found buried under an abandoned house has been ruled a homicide after an autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a gunshot wound, authorities said Friday.

The man's remains uncovered by investigators at an abandoned home Thursday morning in the Georgetown community in western Mobile County..

The house is on Lott Road west of Chunchula. There was a surprise waiting for investigators on Thursday, something Sgt. Mark Bailey has never seen before.

“In my 23 years in law enforcement, I’ve never seen a body disposed of under a structure and then the floor put back, and buried at that depth,” he said.

The unidentified remains of a man were found roughly eight feet below the surface of the ground, under a room in the home.

“That’s almost deeper than a grave at a cemetery,” Sgt. Bailey said.

Mobile County Sheriff’s Office investigators were led to the crime scene after a series of tips last year.

“We’re back out here for a third and final time with some heavy-duty equipment to remove the side of the residence to give us a safe area to conduct the dig,” Sgt. Bailey said.

The cause of death is unclear pending an autopsy. MCSO says it appears the body may have been buried since December 2020.

“The remains have been here going on 14 months so there is a good bit of decomposition and other factor that just make identification impossible at this time,” Sgt. Bailey said.
Death of man found buried 8 feet under abandoned home in Mobile County ruled a homicide

 

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A tipster alerted authorities to the body, Bailey said.

“The floor was taken up… the body was buried and the floor was replaced,” he said. “No one would ever think to look under the house of an abandoned residence. We appreciate the information that led us here. Anyone else that we have not interviewed that may have information would be helpful to us.”

Authorities believe the body was buried around December 2020.

“The remains have been here going on 14 months so there is a good bit of decomposition and other factor that just make identification impossible at this time,” Bailey said.

The sheriff’s office said investigators believe the body is that of a man reported missing in 2020. Deputies had tried to find that person on two previous visits to the house but stopped digging because of concerns about whether the house would hold up.
Tip leads Alabama police to discover body buried under house ‘almost deeper than a grave at cemetery’ - NewsBreak