AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Coroner’s Office has identified a man found dead a couple of weeks ago with a head wound.

Coroner Mark Bowen’s staff responded to Fifth Street and Taylor Street on Sept. 7 in reference to a death.

They found a man with a head wound, and the condition of the body made it hard to identify him.

But on Tuesday, authorities said he’d been identified, and Bowen released his name.

He was identified as Mario Smith, 46, of Augusta.

The death is considered suspicious and the autopsy results are still pending, according to Bowen.

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