Aiken County authorities found the body of a man in the back of a pickup truck overnight Wednesday, according to a press release.
At 2:05 a.m. Wednesday, deputies were asked to go to the 100 block of Rushton Road in Aiken for a suspicious vehicle.
“Deputies located a Dodge pickup truck with an unidentified deceased Black male victim in the back,” sheriff’s Sgt. Stephen Shunn said in a press release. “Investigators and Aiken County Coroner’s office responded to Rushton Road where their preliminary findings have determined it to be suspicious in nature.”
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