Crime & Safety

DeKalb Police Investigate Death On Sycamore Drive

David Johns, 55, died in his house of blunt force trauma.

Residents of Decatur Heights were upset Friday to see police and television crews congregating around 956 Sycamore Drive, a house located just outside the Decatur city limits.

Mekka Parish, DeKalb police spokesmwoman, told WSB-TV that resident David Johns, 55, had been found dead of blunt force trauma.

WSB said there were no signs of forcible entry to the neat, one-story brick house near DeKalb Medical Center.

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The investigation is still under way.

Read Dave Kell's blog from Decatur Heights to get the neighborhood reaction.

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