Man’s naked body found in Brunswick, sheriff’s office believes it was moved from a different location
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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The naked body of a 52-year-old North Carolina man was found on a Brunswick County roadside Tuesday morning, prompting a suspicious death investigation by the sheriff's office.
At 6:48 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office received a call for a man's body on the south side of the 900 block of Boydton Plank Road in the county's Brodnax area near the Mecklenburg County border.
When officers arrived, they found a man's body, which was naked. Officials said there were no identifying documents and no personal effects in the area.
The sheriff's office said it is believed that the man died at a different location and was brought to the area by an unknown person or people.
The man was identified by fingerprint as 52-year-old Bobby Dean Whitaker from the Durham or Carthage area in North Carolina. His family has been notified, officials said.
Whitaker's death is being investigated as a suspicious death, according to the sheriff's office.
Anyone with information is asked to call Captain Joey Lopresti at 434-848-3133.
