GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – Georgetown County officials confirm the body found in a wooded area off the side of Pennyroyal Road Wednesday afternoon is that of a missing 25-year-old Georgetown man.
Georgetown County Deputy Coroner Chase Ridgeway confirms a body was found by two people traveling through the area near a wooded spot close to Mauresina Road off of Pennyroyal Road, south of Georgetown, around 4 p.m. Wednesday. Preliminary autopsy results show that the body is that of an 18 to 30-year-old black male and the cause of death is pending, Chase adds.
Lt. Neil Johnson says the body has been identified as Alphonso Alston III, of Georgetown, who has been missing since mid-October.
Georgetown Sheriff Cribb states an autopsy was scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday at MUSC. The cause of death has not yet been released.
