{"id":285290,"date":"2026-05-26T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285290\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:06:07","slug":"body-found-in-st-lucie-tent-encampment-ruled-homicide-deputies-searching-for-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285290\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in St. Lucie tent encampment ruled homicide, deputies searching for man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stluciesheriff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> is attempting to locate an unhoused man who could have information about a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said deputies responded Monday at about 10:20 a.m. to Rolyat Street after receiving reports of a dead body found inside a tent encampment.<\/p>\n<p>After the body was sent to the Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office, the death was ruled a homicide. Deputies said they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/multiple-injuries-reported-after-major-chemical-explosion-at-washington-state-paper-mill-nippon-dynawave-kraft-pulp-liquid-packaging-plant-hazardous-material-chemical-burns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fatalities reported, 10 injured after chemical implosion at Washington state paper mill <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials said residents should expect a continued law enforcement presence around Okeechobee Road and Rolyat Street as detectives and crime scene investigators continue processing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said it is actively searching for 30-year-old Zachary Ryan Edwards, who is believed to be unhoused. Deputies said Edwards was last seen about a week ago in the area of Okeechobee Road and Rolyat Street.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact SLCSO Detective Cpl. D. Felix at 772-462-3261.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is attempting to locate an unhoused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-285290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}