The Vance County Sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a 21-year-old man whose body was found Wednesday on Vanco Mill Road.
Sheriff Curtis Brame said deputies responded to a call for service about a deceased person just after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 285 Vanco Mill Rd.
The Vance County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene to conduct a death investigation into the incident. During the investigation, the male victim was identified as Javion Magee from Aurora, IL, a southern suburb of Chicago.
As Brame told WIZS News and as he stated in the press release, “Magee was transported to the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Autopsy,” which would be as described standard procedure.
Sheriff Brame has asked for an independent investigation and the State Bureau of Investigations is expected to do so, to review and possibly corroborate the Vance County investigation.
Near the Vanco Mill Road address are several businesses, plus the local bus station, as well as the U.S. 1 entrance and exit ramps.
The Sheriff will not be offering additional information until the results of the autopsy are known.
This case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Vance County Sheriff’s Office at 252.738.2200 or the Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers at 252.492.1925 or through the P3 App.