The Pettis County Sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a man found outside his home just after noon Saturday.
Deputies responded Saturday after receiving reports of a body discovered at Happy Acres Trailer Park in the 22000 block of U.S. Highway 65, where they found Ivan Laster Sr., 61, dead at the scene.
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