Arlington man missing for more than 2 weeks is found dead. He was killed, police say.
The body of a missing 19-year-old man was found late Friday in a wooded area in Arlington. He had been killed, police said.
Arlington city utility employees found Evan Lacey’s body at about 11:45 p.m. in the 7100 block of Webb Ferrell Road. They had been in that area to fix a water leak.
Lacey was last seen leaving his family’s Arlington residence at about 7 a.m. Dec. 17, Arlington police had said. He was in his car and headed to his job in Grand Prairie.
On Dec. 21, Fort Worth police found Lacey’s car in the 4200 block of South Hughes Avenue under suspicious circumstances, which police did not describe.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office had not released the cause of Lacey’s death as of Saturday night. Police also had not announced an arrest.
At the time an officer took the missing person report Dec. 19, there was no sign that Lacey was in danger, police said.
Anyone with information about Lacey’s killing should call Det. Coleman at 817-459-5373, police said. A person with a tip can offer it anonymously by calling Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.
This story was originally published January 4, 2020 at 3:31 PM.
