Police investigating body found in Lansing apartment complex as a homicide
RJ Wolcott
LANSING - Police are treating the death of a man found inside a Lansing apartment complex Friday morning as a homicide.
Shortly before 10:30 a.m. Friday, officers with the Lansing Police Department were dispatched to the 3600 block of Bayview Drive for a requested welfare check.
Upon arrival, police located Donovan Barfield, 28, of Detroit, unresponsive inside an apartment.
Officials with the Lansing Fire Department also responded and determined Barfield was deceased. His death is being treated as a homicide and it doesn't appear to be a random act, police said in a news release.
"The homicide is the early stages of an ongoing investigation; information is subject to change and will be updated in time," the Saturday news release stated.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Michigan State Police Detective Jay Barkley at 517-483-4495 or Lansing Police Detective Theresa Mironiuk at 517-483-4822. Information can also be reported to Crime Stoppers at 517-483-7867 or through a private message to the Lansing Police Department's Facebook page.
Contact RJ Wolcott at (517) 377-1026 or rwolcott@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @wolcottr.