MARTINSVILLE—Authorities have identified the person whose body was recently found in a wooded area off a Morgan County road.
Morgan County Sheriff Rich Myers says 23-year-old Alexander Dashiell Jackson of Indianapolis died of a gunshot wound. The coroner has ruled the death a homicide.
His body was found by a woman walking her dogs in the 11,000 block of North Mann Road on September 13. That's a busy road connecting northern Morgan County and the Indianapolis southwest side.
An autopsy determined Jackson had been dead about one-week at the time his body was found. He was wearing white canvas Converse shoes and an orange T-shirt that said, "wanna see my dragon"
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office and the Morgan County Major Crimes Task Force are investigating and are asking for the public's assistance. If you know anything that could help in the investigation, please call Crime Stoppers at: 317-262-8477 or the Morgan County Sheriff at: 765-342-5544.
