McMinnville Man Identified as Victim in Suspicious Death

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reporting that foul play is suspected in the death of a McMinnville man, whose body was found in the backseat of a still running car outside Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as 30 year old Jace Brandon Sparkman but the cause of death has not been revealed.
Hospital staff made the discovery and reported it at 2:17 a.m.
According to a prepared statement by Captain Steven Leffew, “On Wednesday, October 7 at approximately 2:17 a.m. the Smithville Police Department was dispatched to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital in regards to a deceased body being found in the backseat of a vehicle in the parking lot. The death was deemed to be of a suspicious nature. District Attorney Bryant Dunaway along with investigators from the District Attorney’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene.
This case remains under investigation by the TBI and Smithville Police