Family: Body found in home is missing man

JSO tells family body found in NW Jacksonville home is Ronald Trotter

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - – The family of a missing man feared dead has confirmed that it was his body found inside a home in Northwest Jacksonville Wednesday morning.

Ronald Trotter, Junior's family told News4Jax that Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detectives confirmed the body's identity Friday. Trotter was last seen at a Memorial Day barbecue. His family passed out flyers around the community in the days after his disappearance in an effort to find him. 

Wednesday morning, JSO officers found a body inside a home on Janette Street. Trotter's family went to the scene, concerned that the man found dead inside was him. 

"I received a call from a family member that we needed to get here because a crime tech was out here. People had suspicions, and we suspected anyway, but nothing was sketched in stone; nothing was definite," Karen Trotter told us that day.

Police said they do suspect foul play in Trotter's death.


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