Body Discovered at MLK Park

The body of an unknown subject was located in the gazebo of Martin Luther King Park Thursday at roughly 4 p.m.

Several San Angelo Police Officers were seen standing inside the the yellow crime scene tape, which stretched around the perimeter of the park's playground.  The body of the unknown individual lay covered with a white sheet under the park's gazebo.

Officers and a CSI tech milled about with stoic faces, searching the area and taking photographs as a crowd of spectators looked on. At around 4:30 p.m., Detective James Hernandez arrived and conferred with responding Sergeant Matthew Vaughn, before collecting information from CSI techs and family members, who stood weeping in the parking lot.

Update 5:45 p.m.
Detective James Hernandez of the San Angelo Police Department said that the department responded to a call for a distressed person or indecent exposure around 4 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered a deceased person identified as David Lee DeWitt, 53, of San Angelo.

DeWitt’s body was nude from the waist down inside the gazebo at MLK Park.

SAPD detectives estimate that DeWitt expired between the hours of 11 p.m. Wednesday and the early morning hours of Thursday.  The cause of death has not been determined; no foul play is suspected at this time and an autopsy will reveal more details.

Family members were on scene and indicated to police that DeWitt did have health problems.