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Homicide Detectives Investigating Man's Death In East Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Police are investigating a man's death in East Baltimore that happened over the weekend.

Police received a call Saturday afternoon at around 3:50 p.m. to check a well-being at a home in the 300 block of E. 23rd Street.

Officers met a landlord when they arrived who let them into the building. Once inside, they found 49-year-old Dereck Jackson who lived there, suffering from "obvious head trauma," police said.

His body was taken to the Medical Examiner's Office where a cause of death will be determined, police said.

Homicide detectives are investigating this murder and are asking anyone with information to call (410) 396-2100 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.

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