An 18-year old male was found dead by Mitchell police early Monday morning just north of town. The male was laying in the ditch at around the 5700 block of Airport Road and was pronounced dead on scene from injuries he had received. According to police, it is believed the male was ejected from the back of a moving pickup.
According to a statement from Mitchell police, officers responded early Monday morning to an incident involving several individuals breaking out windows of a vehicle near the 800 block of West Ash Avenue. Police learned this stemmed from an incident that occurred earlier in the morning near the Mitchell Soccer Complex in North Mitchell near the airport.
Officers began searching for a missing male in connection to the incidents near the soccer complex, where they found the victim’s body.
This remains an active investigation.