Man, 26, found dead in Jonesboro, police say

Jonesboro Police responded to a report for a man found dead near the edge of the community garden in Jonesboro. (Courtesy of Jonesboro Police.)
Jonesboro Police responded to a report for a man found dead near the edge of the community garden in Jonesboro. (Courtesy of Jonesboro Police.)

Officers are investigating after a 26-year-old man was found dead in Jonesboro on Sunday morning, police said.

Police responded shortly before 9:40 a.m. to the intersection of Burke Avenue and Floyd Street, at the edge of a community garden, for a person not breathing, according to a Jonesboro police report. Authorities said the person, identified as Joseph Rowden, was dead.

An investigation into Rowden’s death is ongoing, according to police.

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