BEAUMONT, Texas — Detectives with the Beaumont Police Department have now identified a man found dead Monday night in the city's north end.
The body of Enrique Martinez Juarez, 34, of Reynosa, Mexico, was found in a ditch in the 2100 block of Tyler Street before 10 p.m. Monday police said.
Juarez had no identification on him and police could find no fingerprints on file to identify him so they released photos of several of his tattoos.
Eventually the photos were shared enough that his family in Mexico saw them and were able to identify them a police spokesperson said Wednesday morning.
Police say that his family was thankful that everyone shared the photos so that they could identify him.
Police were called at about 9:45 p.m. Monday night to the scene about a block southwest of the intersection of East Lucas Dr. and Magnolia St. according to the spokesperson.
When officers arrived on the scene they found Juarez's body in the ditch police said.
Detectives have not said if they have a suspect in mind and have not released any suspect description yet.
This is the city's 11th murder for 2022 according to police.
Police have not released any more information at this time but say they plan to say more later this morning.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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