Missing Perry man found dead in his pickup truck

PERRY, Georgia  (41NBC/WMGT) – A man who has been missing from Perry since Friday was found dead Saturday, according to a Houston County Sheriff’s office news release.

Marcus Eugene Martin was found in his Ford pickup truck on Hall Road, which is in a rural part of Dooly County. The 45-year-old’s body was found by Dooly County Sheriff’s deputies.  He died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest.

Friday, the sheriff’s office put out word that Martin was missing and that the circumstances were suspicious. Houston County Sheriff’s Captain Jon Holland told 41NBC Martin left his home around 8 a.m. in a 2012 white Ford F-150 truck. He was last seen in the Lea Glen subdivision off Georgia Highway 341. 

Holland said Martin did not show up to work. He added it was out of Martin’s character to go missing.