Official cause of death is homicide

The death of a local man discovered off Big House Road May 18 has been ruled a homicide.

Tristin Aspinwall, 23, of Blackshear, was found unresponsive near a side-by-side all terrain vehicle about 7:15 a.m. that morning in what was originally believed to be a traffic accident.

Further investigation led law enforcement officers to label the death as suspicious, since Aspinwall’s injuries were reportedly not consistent with a traffic accident.