ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man’s body was recovered from a creek in St. Lucie County on Tuesday. Now, the discovery is being investigated as a homicide. <\/p>\n
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO) said it launched a homicide investigation following the discovery of a body in the Taylor Creek Spillway. At around 10:30 a.m. on November 4, deputies from the Patrol Operations Bureau, along with members of the SLCSO Marine Unit, responded to a report of a body floating in the water near 1800 North U.S. Highway 1. <\/p>\n
The sheriff’s office said at the scene, deputies recovered a deceased man from the waterway. The victim is described as a Black man with dreadlocks. Authorities are working to confirm his identity.<\/p>\n
See also: Man jailed in PBC for antisemitic threats against Laura Loomer, other FL conservatives<\/a><\/p>\n Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division have taken over the case, which remains active and ongoing. <\/p>\n The Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone who may have a missing family member or friend matching this description to come forward. Anyone with relevant information is asked to contact the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 772-462-7300 or email CrimeTips@stluciesheriff.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel <\/a>for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man’s body was recovered from a creek in St. Lucie County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-33157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33157","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=33157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}