Nephew discovers Onkel's body at Augustas Bon Air: RCSO names death as “suspicious”

A Augusta man found his uncle's body on Tuesday afternoon in his apartment in Bon Air on Walton Way, a death authority suspected.

The Richmond County's office answered a call about a suspicious situation in 2101 Walton Way after the nephew 911 called. The person was identified as a 71-year-old Larry laws.

The forensic doctor Mark Bowen said that the laws had died at around 5:45 p.m. and an autopsy was planned to determine a cause of death. Due to the observed circumstances, the deputies applied for the support of the department for criminal investigative department and the crime scene.

Photos in the social media of laws seem to show him a tracheotomy tube, which indicates possible ongoing medical problems, although it is unclear whether this has contributed to his death.

Bon Air Apartments, where the body was found, is a complex with 202 units that offers apartments in the Federal Aid Program for Section 8.