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INCIDENT / ARREST REPORT

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
711 Jackson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655

 _X_ INCIDENT
     ___ Juvenile
     ___ Senior Citizen
     ___ Gang

 ___ ARREST
     ___ Child Abuse
     ___ Domestic
     ___ Involved Alcohol
  CASE NUMBER:
  004229-29H-2022
Date Reported:
  8/29/2022
 Time Reported:
  8:14 AM
 OFFENSE:
  TBD
 STATUTE:
  
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 OFFENSE:
  
 STATUTE:
  
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 OFFENSE:
 STATUTE:
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 Location of Offense (Exact address, include Room/ Apt. No.)
  Lamar Park
  Lake Patsy W. Path, Oxford, Mississippi
 Date of Offense:
  TBD
 Time of Offense:
  TBD
 Location of Arrest (Exact address, include Room/Apt. No.)
  N/A
 Date of Arrest:
  N/A
 Time of Arrest:
  N/A
 Reporting Officer:
  Det. Sam Murphy
 Unit Number:
  633
 Assisting Officer:
  Det. Erin Parker
 Unit Number:
  670

Persons

PERSON 1
 Type:
 Witness
 Category:
 Adult
 Foul Play Suspected
 Yes
 Name:
 Kyle Parker
 Alias/Street Name/ Nickname
 none
 Vic/Offender Relationship
 unknown
 Race
 White
 Height
 5' 9"
 Weight
 160 lbs.
 Hair
 Black
 Eyes
 Brown
 Sex
  M
 Hat
 N/A
 Jacket/Coat
 N/A
 Shirt
 Blue
 Pants
 Black
 Skirt/Dress
  N/A
 Age
     29
 DOB
 10/7/1992
 Soc. Security #
 XXX-XX-XXXX
 Scars/Marks/Tattoos
 none visible
 Injury Extent
 None visible
 Injury Description
 N/A
 Address
 180 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS
 Res Phone 380-XXXX
 Bus Phone 259-XXXX
 Occupation
 personal trainer
 Employer/School
 Oxford Health Club
 Employer Address
 2132 Jackson Avenue West, Oxford, MS

Reporting Officer's Narrative

  REPORTING OFFICER'S NARRATIVE (Brief narrative of the facts surrounding the offense and the arrest.)

At 8:14 a.m., Dispatch received a 911 call reporting the discovery of human remains at the Lamar Park Lake in Oxford. The caller identified himself as Kyle Parker.

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Unit 304 (Deputy F. Willits) was dispatched and arrived at the scene at 8:17 a.m. After confirming the presence of possible human remains, R/O notified Dispatch and requested assistance. Reporting Investigators (R/Is) Detectives S. Murphy and E. Parker were assigned and proceeded directly to the scene. At R/Is' request, Coroner’s Inspector L. Johnson and a CSU team were notified to respond to the scene.

R/Is arrived at the scene at 8:35 a.m. and found that R/O had secured the immediate area. Environmental conditions at the scene upon arrival were as follows: Weather: Fair; Ambient Temperature: 79°F / 26° C; Relative Humidity: 89%.

R/O Willits made the following verbal report, which is stated in summary and not verbatim.

R/O was met by witness Kyle Parker (Person 1) and the witness's dog at Lamar Park near the pathway bridge inside the south park boundary, northwest of Country Club Road and Ole Miss Road. Parker escorted R/O to the peninsula in the northwest area of the Lamar Park lake. Parker directed R/O to an object on the north side of the peninsula, approximately 100 feet from the lake shore.

R/O observed a plastic bag that appeared to have been torn open. R/O noted a strong odor of decomposition coming from the bag. Upon closer examination of the bag, R/O observed possible human remains. R/O then secured the area and called for backup. Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Unit 207 (Officer D. C. Baxter) and Unit 221 (Officer M. Richards) arrived at the scene at 8:22 a.m. and 8:25 a.m., respectively.

R/O Willits further stated that, to the best of his knowledge, the following personnel had occasion to enter the crime scene area and must be documented by CSU personnel: witness Kyle Parker and himself.

After receiving the report from R/O Willits, R/Is conducted a preliminary inspection of the scene. R/Is observed a large, heavy-duty trash bag on the north side of the peninsula in the northwest region of the Lamar Park lake, approximately 100 feet east of the lake's western shore. The bag contained a large item wrapped in brown paper and secured with brown twine. The paper was wet and ripped in one section, revealing what appeared to be decomposing human flesh.

CSU arrived at the scene at approximately 8:44 a.m., and Coroner's Inspector L. Johnson arrived at 8:45 a.m.

Inspector Johnson visually examined the bundle without removing the remaining paper or twine and speculated based on shape, size, and the visible portion that the bundle contained an adult torso, most likely a male given the size and apparent shape, but said she could not be sure until the evidence had been processed and the bundles could be unwrapped.

R/Is instructed CSU to collect the package and pack it in ice for submission to the Yoknapatawpha County Coroner's Office in accordance with instructions from Inspector L. Johnson. R/Is additionally instructed CSU to process the area surrounding the package according to standard procedure.

A preliminary search of the area, including along the lake shore, revealed no additional evidence. CSU will conduct a more intensive search of the area and report their findings.

R/Is left the scene at 10:40 a.m. to interview witness Kyle Parker, who had been transported to the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department. Before leaving, R/I Murphy instructed CSU to secure the scene prior to leaving that day if processing was not complete at that time and to assess the feasibility of searching the lake itself for further evidence. CSU to notify R/Is of progress by the end of this date. As of this filing, CSU is still actively processing at the scene.

Evidence remanded into the custody of Forensics Officer T. R. Douglas for transport to the Yoknapatawpha County Coroner's Office for analysis. Any additional evidence found to be submitted directly to the MCL. CSU is expected to submit an inventory of items taken into evidence within fourteen days of this report, with detailed report(s) of their findings to follow at a later date.

 

  DEFENDANT'S VERSION/REMARKS (What did the defendant say?)

N/A

 REPORTING OFFICER  Sam Murphy  DATE REPORTED  8/29/2022
 REPORTING OFFICER  //Sam Murphy
 Signature
 633
 Unit Number
 8/29/2022
 Date
 ASSISTING OFFICER  //Erin Parker
 Signature
 670
 Unit Number
 8/29/2022
 Date