Authorities are asking for the public’s help after a 55-year-old man was found dead next to his motorcycle on a Tuscaloosa County road.

The victim has been identified as Michael Lee Jordan. His death has been deemed suspicious.

The investigation began at 5 a.m. Wednesday when volunteer firefighters and Tuscaloosa County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to 15000 Block of Sylvan Loop Road in the Fosters Community.

A passerby found a motorcycle, standing on its kickstand, near the side of the road. Jordan was lying alongside the motorcycle.

Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit Capt. Jack Kennedy said there were no signs of injury to Jordan or damage to the motorcycle.

An autopsy determined Jordan died from an internal injury from some type of blunt force, Kennedy said.

“It is believed that

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