Rocky Mount Police Conducting Death Investigation

ROCKY MOUNT – Rocky Mount Police Department investigators
are conducting an inquiry into a Friday death.
Officers were called to a residence in the North Main Street area of
town late Friday night, November 29, 2019. Officers found a male
resident deceased of unknown cause.
The decedent was transported to the Western Virginia Medical
Examiner’s office in Roanoke for autopsy. Rocky Mount investigators
expect to receive the official autopsy report later this week.
The department will not release the name and address of the
decedent until notification of all family members is complete.
“There is no reason to believe there is a threat to the community,”
said Rocky Mount Police Chief K.E. Criner. “Anyone with information
regarding this case should call our department at 540-483-9275 or the
dispatch at 540-483-3000 or 911.”