Crime & Safety

Update: Note Left By Man Who Jumped from Overpass Leads Police to Second Body

He reportedly jumped from the I-285 overpass at I-85 in DeKalb County.

Updated

In a strange twist, police were led to a second dead man by details in a suicide note left by a man who jumped to his death at Spaghetti Junction.

The AJC reported DeKalb Police found the second man in a home on Gladney Drive, apparently directed there by the note left in the jumper's car. There was no sign of trauma, police said.

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Neither man has been identified.

The first man died after from the I-285 north ramp at I-85 in DeKalb County during the Monday morning commute.

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The incident happened around 8 a.m. and closed the ramp for a time.


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