Jasper police appealed to the public for information Monday after the body of a 24-year-old man was found in a wooded area last week in what authorities are investigating as a homicide.

The body of Jasper resident Brandon Marquez Porter, 24, was discovered near the 1100 block of Highway 78 W on July 9.

“Finding out what happened to this young man is a top priority for our department, and detectives have been working tirelessly,” Police Chief J.C. Poe said in a statement Monday.

Porter’s body was sent July 10 to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science in Huntsville for an autopsy.

Anyone with information on the case was asked to call Jasper police at 205-221-2121 or CrimeStoppers at 205-254-7777.