ID Released on Lufkin Body
Posted/updated on: August 13, 2011 at 4:18 pm
LUFKIN – Lufkin Police are investigating what they are calling an “abnormal” death of a woman found Thursday afternoon under the Chestnut Village bridge behind Firestone Tire off Timberland Drive. Lufkin Police detectives have identified the body as that of Joy Yvonne Bybee, 48.
According to Lufkin Police Lt. David Young, the body of a white female was discovered by someone she knew, who then notified authorities around 5 p.m. Thursday. To get to her body, detectives and crime scene technicians had to navigate a sloping wooded trail before ducking under the bridge that connects businesses lining Timberland Drive to Chestnut Village shopping center. As of Thursday night, her cause of death was unknown, but will be handled as a homicide until an autopsy is performed.
