RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond Police have identified the man found dead in a Richmond trash can as 36-year-old Walter Robinson III.
Police were called to the 4500 block of Hanover Avenue, in Richmond's near West End, at about 11:54 a.m. on Saturday morning.
"Officers arrived and located an adult male, Robinson, III, down and unresponsive in a residential disposal container in the alley. There were no obvious signs of trauma. He was pronounced dead at the scene," a Richmond Police spokesperson wrote in a Monday afternoon email. "The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death."
Anyone with information was asked to call Richmond Police Det. Jeffrey Crewell at 804-646-5324 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.
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