BEAUMONT, Texas — Detectives with the Beaumont Police Department are investigating a homicide after a welfare check led police to a body inside a home.
On Tuesday August 30, 2022 at 12:23pm, officers responded to a home in the 3300 Block of Glenwood Street in reference to a welfare check, according to a news release from the Beaumont Police Department.
First responders then found 47-year-old Beaumont man Kevin Womack dead inside the home.
An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Ransom 'Duce' Jones and Womack was transported to the Jefferson County Morgue, according to the release.
Detectives are in the early stages of the investigation.
From a City of Beaumont news release:
Beaumont Police Investigating a Homicide-3300 Glenwood
On Tuesday August 30, 2022 at 12:23pm, Officers responded to a home in the to 3300 block of Glenwood in reference to a welfare check. First responders located Kevin Womack, a 47 year old Beaumont man, deceased in the residence. An autopsy was ordered by Judge Jones and he was transported to the Jefferson County Morgue. Detectives are in the early stages of the investigation.
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