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| McDonald County Sheriff Robert Evenson |
Authorities in McDonald County are working a homicide in a rural part of the county.
Sheriff Robert Evenson says that a passerby called 9-1-1 at 4:01 p.m. on Sunday February 20th and said there was a man lying on the side of Gobbler's Knob Road near Powell.
When deputies arrived they found 67 year-old Jack McCain of Rogers, Arkansas dead. "I can't release the cause of death, but we don't believe it was accidental and he obviously didn't walk there."
Rogers is about 20 miles from where McCain's body was found and Powell is approximately five miles from the state line.
Southwest Missouri Forensics will conduct an autopsy at 1 p.m. autopsy to determine the mans cause of death.
Investigators from Missouri Highway Patrol are assisting the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office in the case.
Anyone with any information regarding this death investigation is urged to call the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office at 417-223-7420 or 9-1-1.
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UPDATE 02-23-11:
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Investigators say that McCain was shot more than once. Highway Patrol investigators continue to assist authorities in McDonald County and Arkansas in the investigation into McCain's murder.
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UPDATE 02-23-11:
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Investigators say that McCain was shot more than once. Highway Patrol investigators continue to assist authorities in McDonald County and Arkansas in the investigation into McCain's murder.
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