BATON ROUGE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Bryce Sheffield has been identified as the victim found deceased inside a vehicle in Baton Rouge on Monday afternoon.

The body of Sheffield, 27, was located inside a vehicle parked on East Drive, in Baton Rouge, near Government Street late Monday afternoon.

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Baton Rouge police say they discovered the victim deceased around 4 p.m. Monday in the Baton Rouge Mid-City neighborhood.

Officials say Sheffield’s body did not show any obvious signs of trauma.

A toxicology test is pending, reports WBRZ.

Officers spent the afternoon combing the area for evidence.

Sheffield’s cause of death is pending autopsy.

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