Southaven Police responded to reports of an unresponsive adult male inside a vehicle and, after officers arrived, called paramedics, who pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators said no foul play was suspected at that time.
The discovery was reported by FOX13 Memphis, which said DeQuan Richardson was brought to his family home Monday afternoon and that first responders later told his parents he was dead. The exact location and the initial finding that foul play was not suspected were further detailed by TVMO News Network - MS, which reported that officers located the man inside the vehicle before paramedics confirmed he had died. FOX13 Memphis said the investigation remained ongoing.
Mississippi has laws governing death investigations.
How DeSoto County Handles the Next Steps
In DeSoto County, the case involved a death investigation. Mississippi law also addresses autopsy reports and related recordkeeping.
The police department's preliminary assessment alone does not establish the official cause and manner of death for the man found at Rasco Farms.
A City Whose Police Department Has Handled a String of Death Cases
Southaven is a suburb in the Memphis metro area. The city has local investigators. The Southaven Police Department has patrol and investigative functions.
The department has managed several notable death investigations already this year. In March, Southaven Police launched a death investigation after human remains were found inside a Southpark Circle apartment, a case that began as a missing persons report and led to charges against a 40-year-old resident for abuse of a vulnerable adult and evidence tampering, according to WATN-TV. That same month, per Talk-N West TN 101.5 FM WNWS, police shut down lanes on Interstate 55 near Church Road for a death investigation after an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles ended with a driver dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, snarling highway traffic.
Prior Sherwood Lane Case Shows a Different Outcome
In May, Hoodline reported on a fatal shooting on the 1400 block of Sherwood Lane, where officers found an unresponsive man and later recovered a discarded firearm near the scene, leading to the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect on capital murder charges. That case, and a separate indictment tied to a Southaven rental-home homicide investigation involving a former Katt Williams bodyguard, illustrate how differently these local death probes can resolve once evidence is examined. The cases described above concern Southaven.
No timeline has been given for when autopsy or toxicology results from the Rasco Farms case might be complete. FOX13 Memphis said it will continue to update its reporting as Southaven Police release more information.
