According to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department Captain Marty Shirilla, the victim, Joseph Maurice Waller Jr. of 1055 Irvington Road, died of a wound to the neck area.

Sheriff Ronnie Crockett confirmed Waller had attended a party that evening at a home near where the body was found. A preliminary investigation indicated Waller became involved in a brief altercation with another person before leaving the party at about 1:30 a.m.

However, Waller’s body was not discovered until the next morning when he was spotted in the front yard of a house across the street from where the party took place.

Kilmarnock Police were dispatched to the scene around 7 a.m. The responding officer requested a sheriff’s investigator and the medical examiner.

Shirilla said the victim’s vehicle, which was parked nearby, was impounded for evidence collection. Waller’s body was transported to the state medical examiner’s office in Richmond for an autopsy.

According to Shirilla’s report, deputies responded to a noise violation complaint at the party earlier in the evening.

Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call the Lancaster sheriff’s office at 462-5111 or Lancaster County Crime Solvers at 462-7463.