Man, 20, found dead in Baxter County

— Authorities in Baxter County are investigating after a 20-year-old man was found dead at a home near Midway.

Sheriff John Montgomery said authorities received a call about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday about a death at a home off Arkansas 178 northwest of Midway.

The sheriff told Mountain Home radio station KTLO that authorities are investigating the death as a homicide, but he would not say how the victim died.

Montgomery said investigators from his department and Arkansas State Police are interviewing several people in the death.

The sheriff said he hopes to release more details, including the victim’s name, later Thursday.

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