LATTA, SC (WBTW) – Dillon County deputies are investigating a dead body found in a vehicle.

It happened just before 1 a.m. Tuesday in Latta.

Captain Cliff Arnette says the incident didn’t happen in Latta where the body was found but it was somewhere in the county.

Dillon County Coroner Donnie Grimsley identified the victim as H-Keem McClellan, 22, of Dillon County.  Grimsley said an autopsy will be done later this afternoon.

Deputies are treating it as a homicide.

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