ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A death investigation was underway Monday in rural St. Johns County, deputies said.
According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded in the early morning hours to a property on North Crossroad, north of County Road 214, “in reference to a deceased individual.”
The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the medical examiner’s office were also called to the scene.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the cause of death is pending autopsy results.
“There is no cause for concern to the community,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
But despite that, neighbors said they’re concerned that someone died so close to them.
A neighbor who did not want to be identified but spoke with News4JAX over the phone said seeing law enforcement activity in the area that she described as being family-friend isn’t rare anymore, but she never expected a death investigation.
“I have two little girls,” she said. “Most of the people out there are grandparents or have kids of their own.”
The neighbor told News4JAX that two people moved onto the property nearly two years ago.
“They would sleep in a baby blue or silvery blue Caravan on the side of the street, right outside of the driveway to the abandoned trailer on that corner lot,” she said.
The neighbor said, after a few months, the people moved further onto the property and they started to become a mystery.
“We don’t see a whole lot of them,” she said. “To be honest, there’s never lights on back there. There’s nothing.”
However, the neighbor said, when she and others did see the people on the property, they noticed unusual behavior. She said the woman who moved there would sit on the road, and when they tried to speak to her, she could barely respond.
The identity of the person who died was not released.