Deputies investigating death near Trafalgar

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department is involved in a death investigation in the Trafalgar area.

Sheriff Doug Cox says that deputies were called to a report of a elderly man’s body found in the grass, by the road near County Roads 500W and 700S at about 5:45 a.m. this morning. He says that initial indications are that this was a natural death as there were no signs of violence or an accident. However an autopsy will be performed on the victim, he said.