HAMPTON, Va. — The Hampton Police Division found the body of a missing 36-year-old man on Thursday, just a day after reporting that he might be in danger.
The division said around 8:38 p.m. on Aug. 5, someone called to report finding a body in the first block of Salina Street.
Officials later identified the dead man as Rico Skipwith.
Skipwith was last seen on Sunday, August 1. Hampton Police said he was last seen at his house, near Bland Street and Quinn Street.
That's just under a mile from where his body was found.
When reporting him missing, police said he had a medical condition that put him at risk.
Investigators said they're treating this case as a "death investigation."