Athens-Clarke County Police have identified the man whose body was found near railroad tracks off North Avenue in Athens.
Authorities used fingerprints to identify 42-year-old Jarrard Pittard. Police say Pittard was an Athens resident who was homeless at the time of his death. It is still unclear how he died. Authorities are waiting for the results of toxicology tests.
Pittard’s body was found on December 3 along the old tracks in an area adjacent to Thomas N. Lay Park off Hoyt Street, Classic City News reports. That location is approximately half a mile from where a homeless man’s body was found floating in the Oconee River in October.
Anyone with information about Pittard’s death is asked to call Detective Det. Hovie Lister at 762-400-7333 or [email protected].
