Body found in Crabtree Creek

Raleigh, N.C. — Police were investigating the Wednesday afternoon discovery of a body in Crabtree Creek near Crabtree Valley Mall.

A passerby called police at about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday to report something in the water near the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Lead Mine Road.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified Hispanic man and sent the remains to the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill for an autopsy to determine a cause of death and the man's identity.

Police were handling the case as a homicide, pending the collection and review of available facts and evidence, said Jim Sughrue, a spokesman for the Raleigh Police Department.

The man was wearing a belt buckle with a “Z” design on it; dark-colored pants with a small logo between the belt loops and the right rear pocket; and white Air Jordan’s shoes with green trim.

To preserve the scene near where the body was found, police closed the Capital Area Greenway between Glenwood Avenue and Northbrook Drive for a short time.

Anyone who might be able to assist with the man's identification or who has information about the case is asked to call the Raleigh Police Department’s Detective Division at 919-890-3555.

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homanicous, if you were a public servant and worked for me and thought people calling you were "idiots" , especially being the defender of public saftey, I would fire you faster than you would ever know.

Even if you worked at private company, you would be gone.

SubwayScoundrel
July 24, 2008 10:49 a.m.

Bomanicous, I'm not trying to dictate anyone's work schedule. I'm simply suggesting that there be a police presence on the greenways once in a while. I spend a lot of time on them and have never seen a police in uniform anywhere close.

I'm not blaming the police for anything... just pointing out that perhaps they shouldn't be so rude on the phone. Isn't community involvement supposedly encouraged?

The way things are going around here, I'm seriously considering getting my concealed carrying permit.

Raleigh Pioneer
July 24, 2008 9:35 a.m.

'I called Raleigh PD and asked them if they could please patrol around there once in a while, and told him of what we had just seen. He acted like I was a total idiot suggesting such a thing and gave me the number I would need to call to report a specific crime. Way to listen to the citizens, RPD!'

If someone ( a total stranger) was to call in my work schedule with nothing to back it up I would think they were an idiot too. Just for the sake of the argument; suppose the police were dumb enough to let the public dictate their day to day operations and everyone (even the bad guys) new they could influence them to places they don't need ,,,nevermind it's not worth my time to finish this...

bomanicous
July 24, 2008 7:09 a.m.

Another body in Wake County! It is getting scary out there to walk or run!!! Take your cell phones, take id and stay in open public places. No more walking or running trails unless you have a running group! Sad state of affairs!

something2say
July 23, 2008 9:24 p.m.

I love how a body is found and the citizens of raleigh automatically blame the police, lets rethink this one. How about we blame the person(s) that committed this crime?