STARKE, Fla. A body was found inside a home after the housesitter called police, the Starke Police Department said Sunday. Maj. Barry Warren told News4Jax a woman was housesitting for people who are out of town. When she went to check on the house, according to Warren, she noticed broken glass and blood and called police. Warren said when police went in, they found a body. The Police Department urged residents to avoid the area of Church and Washington streets while officers investigated.

STARKE, Fla. – Police officers sent to check out a tip that a man wanted on multiple charges of rape and other sex crimes in Putnam County was at a hotel in Starke found the man dead inside one of the rooms. With the vehicle being present and the arrest warrant being confirmed, officers responded as if there was a barricaded subject in the room. Officers forced their way inside of the room and located Raulerson dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. "The location and position of the deceased along with additional evidence in the room is consistent with a suicide," Starke Police Captain Barry Warren said. Raulerson was wanted on five counts of sexual battery and engaging in sexual conduct with a minor age 12 to 18.