Man Found Dead in Public Area
Posted/updated on: February 15, 2011 at 11:15 amLUFKIN — Lufkin police are investigating a the death of a 44-year-old Hispanic man whose body was discovered Sunday morning at a picnic table behind the CVS store on Frank Avenue. Around 9 a.m. someone rode by the park area on Moore Street on a bicycle and noticed the man’s body. The person on the bicycle alerted their family, who then contacted police after checking on the man, Lufkin Police Cpl. Trent Sobolewski said. “We’re investigating, but it appears to be a natural death,” Sobolewski said. “When we got here he was sitting on the bench like he just fell backward against the table.”