Man Found Dead in St. Elmo

Just before 3pm Tuesday, Fayette County Coroner David Harris was contacted by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office of a death at 303 N. Pine Street in St. Elmo. 41 year old Ryan L. Tillman was discovered deceased on the upper deck of an abandoned apartment complex.

An autopsy on Tillman will be conducted on Friday morning at the morgue at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham. Anyone who has any knowledge of this individual is asked to contact the Fayette County Coroner’s Office, Sheriff’s Office or the St. Elmo Police Department. Relatives in Florida and Georgia have been contacted but information on Tillman’s recent whereabouts would be appreciated.

The matter is currently under investigation and no other information is being released at this time.