Picayune Police investigating suspected homicide

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)– Picayune Police are investigating what they believe to be a homicide case after they found a man dead at a home Wednesday afternoon.

The victim has been identified by police as Eddie Lawrence Jenkins.

The body of Jenkins was found around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday at a home on South Blanks Avenue.

Details are still limited, but police ask anyone that may have information in this case to call Captain Rhonda Johnson at 601-798-7411 or the police department at 601-749-5482.