APD asking for help identifying victim in South Austin This is the first homicide of 2025 APD said the victim was murdered and then set on fire as an attempt to cover up the murder AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department needs help identifying a victim killed in the first homicide of the year.

Originally, police said detectives were investigating the incident as a suspicious death and not a homicide. In an update Monday afternoon, police confirmed the case had become a murder investigation after the autopsy detailed “sharp force injuries” and trauma on the victim’s body.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Saturday, the Austin Police Department confirmed it was investigating a homicide in southeast Austin. According to police, the initial call came in at approximately 4 a.m. for a fire in the 1700 block of Nelms Drive, near Interstate 35 and William Cannon Drive.

Austin police are investigating the city's first homicide of 2025 after discovering a deceased male at a fire site in a transient camp. The incident occurred early