Columbus authorities ID man whose body was found in Lindsay Creek off Macon Road
Investigators have identified a man they say was stabbed multiple times before his body was left in Lindsay Creek off Macon Road, near the Columbus Public Library.
Anthony Payne, 54, was pronounced dead there at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Muscogee County Chief Deputy Coroner Freeman Worley.
Payne’s body was beneath a bridge where Midtown Loop crosses the creek, said Worley, who was called to the scene at 4:32 p.m.
The site is directly behind the Baker Music Shop, he said. The shop’s address is 2 Midtown Loop.
Payne’s body will be sent to the state crime lab in Decatur for an autopsy, Worley said.
In a news release Thursday morning, Columbus police said officers initially were called at 4:20 p.m. to the area of Boxwood Place, which runs parallel to the creek along its south side. They asked that anyone with information the homicide contact Sgt. Donna Baker at 706-225-4296 or dbaker@columbusga.org.
His death marks Columbus’ sixth homicide so far this month.
This story was originally published January 27, 2021 at 9:07 PM.