Coroner identifies 24-year-old in Augusta ‘suspicious death’

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Authorities released the name of a man, hours after he was found dead in a Fenwick Street home in what authorities are calling a suspicious death.

The Richmond Coroner’s Office identified him as Joseph Michael Judy Jr., 24, of Augusta.

The coroner’s office say it responded to the home on the 1800 block of Fenwick Street regarding the suspicious death.

Judy was pronounced dead at 1:04 p.m. Wednesday, the office said.

An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause and manner of death.

Code enforcement officials also responded to the residence because of its condition. The residence was condemned.