Skeletal remains found behind farmers market identified

The death of a man whose skeletal remains were found behind the Macon State Farmers Market on Sunday has been ruled a suicide.

Remains were found in a wooded area behind the market on Eisenhower Parkway.

Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified the body as Jerry Anderson Jr., 23, who lived on nearby Eveline Avenue. Jones said Anderson had not been reported missing. Jones described the remains as near skeletal.

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

Late Sunday, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office issued a release stating that the cause of death was suicide by gunshot wound to the head.

This story was originally published August 27, 2017 at 6:32 PM with the headline "Skeletal remains found behind farmers market identified."