JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Update, 9/8/15, 3:30 p.m.: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office confirmed on Tuesday that a body was found in a unit at the Kings Trail apartment complex on Monday. Foul play is suspected and no arrests have been made.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Monday investigated a reported undetermined death in the at the Kings Trail apartment complex at 3770 Toledo Road, just south of St. Augustine Road and Old Kings Road South.
Just before 5 p.m., an Action News Jax crew at the scene observed that police had one entire building and the pool blocked off with crime scene tape.
JSO said it was called to the complex around 3:30 p.m. by some of its own officers. Detectives were conducting a canvass of the area as part of a follow up investigation and came across someone who led them to something suspicious.
"Out of an abundance of caution, as soon as the detectives realized that the circumstances inside the apartment were suspicious, they immediately got out of the apartment and removed themselves from that location and secured it," said JSO Sgt. Robert Johns.
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Action News Jax was there when police put a man in handcuffs and into the back of a police cruiser. Sgt. Johns said he's not sure if or how that man is related to the investigation.
Neighbors said they saw police in the neighborhood Monday morning and saw crime scene tape blocking off a walkway as early as 2 p.m.
Just before 8 p.m., homicide detectives were back on the scene and a medical examiner unit also arrived. Action News Jax crews also saw police canvassing other apartments in the neighborhood looking for information.
Around 9:15 p.m., the towing company that JSO uses for vehicle recovery showed up at the apartment complex.
We asked police multiple times to confirm if someone was deceased.
"We're still working to determine that," Johns said.
So far, JSO has released few new details, saying they are still trying to process any evidence of a possible crime at the apartment complex.
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