News Release

WHITLEY COUNTY — A Fort Wayne man whose body was found in rural Whitley County earlier this week died of a gunshot wound to his chest.

An Indiana State Police press release issued Thursday evening, March 17, states that the Whitley County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of Curtis E. Thomas, 30, a homicide. An autopsy was performed on Thomas’ body at the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center in Fort Wayne.

Thomas’ body was discovered by an Indiana State Trooper on Monday, March 14.

ISP are continuing to investigate.