Decomposed body found in old truck

— While walking the grounds of his southeast Little Rock property, Moon Distributors Inc. President Stan Hastings found a decomposing body in one of his company’s old trucks, police said.

Little Rock officers were called Friday to a vacant lot at 2800 Vance St. about 12:45 p.m. and found the body of a man in the cab of a rustedout industrial truck, according to department spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings, who’s no relation to Stan Hastings.

Police didn’t find anyidentification for the man among the various wrappers and trash items in the truck. Hastings said the man - possibly white and possibly homeless - may have made a home out of the abandoned vehicle.

The body may had been there since February, Terry Hastings said.

“With the body in the decomposed state it’s in, we’ll have to wait on an autopsy to know what happened,” Hastings said. “Right now [the cause of death] is still under investigation.”

Arkansas, Pages 12 on 05/14/2011

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