Benton police are investigating after a body was found Tuesday night in a wooded area off Interstate 30 and near a Wal-Mart store.
Police Department spokesman Matt Burks said in a prepared statement that officers were called around 8:10 p.m. to an area near the store at 17309 I-30 South. There, authorities found the body of Trey Robert Hesselbein, 22, of Benton.
Burks said detectives found evidence of a possible overdose as part of their ongoing investigation.
Hesselbein's body has been sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock to determine the cause of death.
State Desk on 07/27/2017