Police are investigating a body that was found Wednesday afternoon in the backyard of an abandoned house in a Jacksonville neighborhood just south of the Trout River.
A neighbor noticed the body behind the house in the 5000 block of Portsmouth Avenue and alerted authorities about 5:20 p.m., Sgt. Chuck Ford said.
He said the victim was a male and it looks like foul play was involved.
It’s unclear how long the body was in the yard or how long the house has been unoccupied, Ford said.
He said he couldn’t go into detail about why foul play is suspected.