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IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT LATE BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE DEANDRE COTTRELL INVESTIGATION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US HERE AT SIX. I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON AND I’M GLADYS BAUTISTA BIRMINGHAM POLICE CONFIRMING WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR COTTRELL WAS FOUND DEAD EARLIER TODAY. �������� 13 EMMA OWEN JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH OUR TOP STORY AT THIS HOUR. EMMA, YOU JUST CAME OUT OF THAT BPD NEWS CONFERENCE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. YEAH. GLADYS MOMENTS AGO WE WERE HEARING FROM OFFICER TRUMAN FITZGERALD WITH THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HE SAYS FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF COTTRELL’S DEATH, THEY REALLY NEED YOUR HELP FINDING THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE HE WAS LAST SEEN WITH. NOW TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. WE’LL SHOW YOU THIS MAN’S PICTURE. NOW, THIS IS 31 YEAR OLD JULIAN MORRIS AND SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS CASE. COTTRELL WAS REPORTED MISSING ON THE 4TH OF JULY. HE WAS LAST SEEN ON FOOT LEAVING A HOME ON FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH IN THE SOUTHEAST. LAKE AREA ON FRIDAY. OFFICERS STARTED SEARCHING THE AREA FOR COTTRELL AND THEY FOUND SOME OF HIS CLOTHING ITEMS IN THE AREA AND ACTUALLY A COMMUNITY MEMBER HELPED PROVIDE VIDEO OF HIM WALKING. SO BASED ON ALL OF THESE FINDINGS, FITZGERALD SAYS THEY WENT IN TODAY WITH A GAME PLAN OF THE AREA. THEY WANTED TO SEARCH, AND THEY WENT OUT TO FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH AND JUST BEFORE 3 P.M., OFFICERS FOUND COTTRELL DEAD. SADLY, NOW, EVENTS LEADING UP TO HIS DISAPPEARANCE ARE SUSPICIOUS. AND RIGHT NOW, OFFICER FITZGERALD, HE SAYS THEY REALLY NEED THE COMMUNITY’S HELP IN THIS CASE. TAKE A LISTEN. THIS CASE IS UNIQUE. DEANDRE WAS AT A LOVED ONE’S HOUSE. HE WAS IN THE COMFORT OF HIS LOVED ONE’S HOME. HE WAS LAST SEEN ON 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATING WITH HIS FAMILY. LIKE SO MANY OF US WERE DOING AND TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS FOUND DECEASED. THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED DEATH INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW, FITZGERALD SAYS. THEY’RE STILL WAITING TO GET RESULTS BACK ON THE AUTOPSY FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE. MEANWHILE, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING AGAIN FOR 31 YEAR OLD JULIAN MORRIS. THEY NEED INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS. THEY ASK ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT MORRIS OR THIS CASE TO COME FORWARD. YOU CAN CALL 911 OR CRIME STOPPERS. IF YOU’D LIKE TO REPORT INFORMATION ANON