The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 14, 1996               TAG: 9601140056
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                       LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

NEWPORT NEWS POLICE IDENTIFY MAN FOUND DEAD IN SHACK

Police have identified a man found dead in an abandoned shack Friday as 41-year-old Michael H. Martin, of the 300 block of 58th Street.

Martin was last seen four days before his body was found, in the 400 block of Denbigh Boulevard.

Police said Martin had been driving a 1989 silver Mitsubishi Galant with Virginia license plates, ZAX-5, when he disappeared. The car is now listed as stolen.

Police did not say how Martin died.

Anyone with information is asked to call 245-0755. by CNB