Authorities identify body found at overgrown lot

Florence authorities have identified the body found on an overgrown lot Monday night as 17-year-old Juares Silriano.

Florence County Coroner M.G.  Bubba Matthews said Silriano’s body was sent to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for an autopsy. The coroner’s office had not received the results of that autopsy by press time Wednesday.

Investigators received an anonymous tip Monday to search an overgrown lot on South Cashua Drive directly across from Walgreens. Florence police found Silriano’s body Monday night, Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone said.

Deputies are investigating the incident and are trying to gather information about the events surrounding the teen’s death.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Florence County Sheriff’s Office at (843) 665-2121 or, Crime Stoppers of the Pee Dee at (843) 667-TIPS (8477) or (866) 369-TIPS (8477). Callers need not reveal their identities.