Skeletal remains found behind farmers market in Macon

A badly decomposed body was found Sunday in a wooded area behind the Macon State Farmers Market on Eisenhower Parkway.

Bibb County Chief Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said that at about 12:23 p.m. a call came in that a Georgia Department of Agriculture employee walking the property discovered the body.

“The case is being investigated as a suspicious death until a cause of death can be determined,” a release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office stated.

Coroner Leon Jones said the body is that of a black male and he described the remains as near skeletal.

“He’s been dead for a while,” Jones said.

Jones said identification was found on the body but the name is being withheld pending confirmation and notification of next of kin.

Telegraph photographer Beau Cabell contributed to this report.

This story was originally published August 27, 2017 at 2:30 PM with the headline "Skeletal remains found behind farmers market in Macon."