AMITE — Tangipahoa Parish deputies are investigating a body found in a vehicle near Amite over the weekend.

Deputies received a call about a vehicle crash on Bennett Road early Sunday morning. When authorities arrived, they found a car with a man inside who had been shot to death.

The victim was later identified as 37-year-old Cardell Buckhanan of Roseland.

Sheriff Gerald Sticker encourages anyone with information to contact our Criminal Investigations Division at 985-902-2088.