BATON ROUGE - A man was found dead in bushes near a residential area off Airline Highway early Thursday morning. 

Officials told WBRZ a body was found in bushes at the intersection of Hanks and Victoria Drives. Friday morning, the coroner's office identified the man to be 35-year-old Jeremy Gnagie.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said it was investigating it as a "possible traffic fatality," but it was not immediately clear whether a crime took place. 

No other details were immediately available.