UPDATE 10/1/24 4:10 p.m.
The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as 31-year-old Dean Nickolas Padgett.
9/26/24 4:20 p.m.
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On Wednesday, Otsego County deputies and Michigan State Police troopers responded to a report of an unresponsive man at a home in Hayes Township.
Law enforcement found the man dead but said it wasn’t immediately clear how long he had been deceased. The 31-year old death’s was determined to be a murder.
The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office and MSP are investigating. They say there is no dangerous to the public at this time.