A lacking 15-year-old has been found dead, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office introduced Friday.Officials mentioned Jontae Haywood, 15, was found dead after being reported lacking on Dec. 16. Deputies say Haywood could have suffered a gunshot wound and the demise is being investigated as a murder. Officials imagine that is an remoted incident and there’s no risk to the general public. “Several members of the Sheriff’s Office converged on the area and began searching the last known location of Jontae. Shortly thereafter Jontae’s body was discovered,” a press release from the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.Haywood was a former pupil at Sumter Prep Academy.Anyone with information about this investigation ought to contact The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at 352-793-2621. To stay nameless, you possibly can name Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477).
A lacking 15-year-old has been found dead, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office introduced Friday.
Officials mentioned Jontae Haywood, 15, was found dead after being reported lacking on Dec. 16.
Deputies say Haywood could have suffered a gunshot wound and the demise is being investigated as a murder.
Officials imagine that is an remoted incident and there’s no risk to the general public.
“Several members of the Sheriff’s Office converged on the area and began searching the last known location of Jontae. Shortly thereafter Jontae’s body was discovered,” a press release from the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Haywood was a former pupil at Sumter Prep Academy.
Anyone with information about this investigation ought to contact The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at 352-793-2621. To stay nameless, you possibly can name Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477).
