(Updated with identity)
A person was found deceased Monday afternoon in an abandoned building on Williamsburg Street in Aiken, authorities said.
A man was reportedly searching for his friend and found the person in the building around 1 p.m. Monday. The friend went to an intersection and flagged down a trooper with the S.C. Highway Patrol.
Coroner Darryl Ables confirmed that a body was found. The victim has been identified as 60-year-old Alvin Patrick Jr.
“Foul play is not suspected in Mr. Patrick’s death but an autopsy will be done in Newberry,” Ables said Tuesday is in press release.
The Aiken Department of Pubic Safety and the Coroner’s Office are investigating.
