NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A homicide investigation is underway after police found a 41-year-old homeless man apparently stabbed to death near a homeless encampment in New Bedford on Thursday, officials said.
Officers were led to Robert Jones III’s body in a heavily wooded area off of Nauset Street by two other homeless men who reported the man’s death to police, according to Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s Office.
His body has been turned over to the state Medical Examiner’s Office.
An autopsy to determine the exact cause and manner of death will be conducted.
The incident remains under investigation.
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