The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating a reported dead person on Jacksonville's Westside, with officers converging on the area of Hencken Avenue Sunday morning. A neighbor said officers arrived around 7:30 a.m., though police have not released further details about who was found or how they died.
According to News4JAX, JSO confirmed only that officers responded to the Hencken Avenue area as part of the investigation. The station reported that no further details were provided, leaving basic questions about the person's identity and the circumstances of the death unanswered for now.
What Neighbors Saw Sunday Morning
The limited information available so far comes largely from a neighbor who spoke to the outlet, describing officers arriving at the scene around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Beyond that timeline and the location on Hencken Avenue, the Westside case remains largely a mystery, with JSO yet to say whether the death is considered suspicious or being investigated as a homicide.
A Separate Case Across Town
Jacksonville has seen at least one other unresolved death investigation in recent reporting. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit separately investigated the death of a man found unresponsive in a vacant lot in the city's Durkeeville area, per Action News Jax. In that incident, officers on patrol spotted an adult man lying in a lot in the 1400 block of Barnett Street at about 9:30 p.m., and fire and rescue crews took him to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
In the Durkeeville case, the outlet reported that the circumstances of the man's death were unknown and that no witnesses had been identified, according to Sgt. Highfill with JSO. The cause of death in that case was pending an autopsy by the Medical Examiner, the report noted.
No such details have yet emerged in the Hencken Avenue investigation. Hoodline will update this story as the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office releases additional information.
