Authorities said the body of a missing man was found Tuesday in Hephzibah.
Kendall Brown, 45, was located in a wooded area on the 1000 block of Patriot Drive in Hephzibah, according to a news release from the Richmond County Coroner’s Office.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release. The coroner’s office was notified and is in the early stages of the investigation. An autopsy is scheduled.
Brown was last seen on Jan. 28 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church on Lumpkin Road in Augusta, according to previous reporting. He was reported missing to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 2, according to the coroner’s office.
Brown worked as an investigator for the sheriff’s office from 2007 to 2018, serving as a sergeant from 2015 to 2017, according to Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council records.
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He was at the center of an undercover operation, Operation Augusta Ink, in 2008, which turned out to be the second-largest storefront weapon seizure in the history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to previous reporting.