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

DATE: Saturday, August 3, 1996              TAG: 9608030307
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   21 lines

POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH OF MAN, 41, FOUND IN DEEP CREEK

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found early Friday by a landscaper in Deep Creek.

Police have identified the man as Ronald Wayne Rigdon, 41, of the 800 block of George Washington Highway, said Elizabeth Jones, a Chesapeake police spokeswoman.

He was found fully clothed about 8:30 a.m., partially submerged in rainwater in a grassy ditch along Steel Street near Currie Avenue, Jones said.

Police did not release a cause of death. They are investigating the death as a homicide.

Anyone with information about Rigdon's death should call police at 382-6161 or Crime Line at 382-1234.

KEYWORDS: MURDER by CNB