Two out-of-town tipsters have called 911 Wednesday to report a human body in a pond behind the hotel where they were staying, authorities said.
Little Rock Police Department officers were overwhelmed by a foul odor of decomposition as they reached the pond behind the Holiday Inn, near Clinton National Airport.
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The body was spotted 30 to 40 feet below a rim. The preliminary investigation identified the decedent as Treyvon Abernathy, a 21-year-old resident of Little Rock.
Police released the witnesses after questioning. The manner of death was ruled a homicide, according to official reports.
Little Rock detectives said that no suspects have been named in connection with the death.
