Man found dead in vacant home. Bibb County coroner asks for help in finding family

The Bibb County coroner is asking the public to help find the family of a man found dead in a vacant house about midnight Wednesday.

The man was identified as 59-year-old Randall Lewis, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.

"There are no signs of foul play, but Mr. Lewis' body was carried to the crime lab for autopsy," Jones said. "We cannot locate any next of kin."

The vacant house is on Bailey Drive, which is located off of Bailey Avenue, which is near Napier Avenue.

Lewis had a Florida driver's license issued in 2015 that listed his address as 320 NW 1st Ave Ocala, Florida. That is the address for the Salvation Army's Center of Hope, a shelter for the homeless.

Maj. Dwayne Durham of the Salvation Army in Ocala said no information on Lewis could be found in the shelter's files. Had any information been found, the Salvation Army could not have disclosed it due to its confidentially policy but would have contacted the next of kin, Durham said.

Anyone with information on Lewis' family is asked to contact the coroner's office at 478-256-6714 or 478-256-6716.

This story was originally published March 22, 2018 at 11:30 AM with the headline "Man found dead in vacant home. Bibb County coroner asks for help in finding family."