Missing Alabama Teen Update: Body Of 18-Year-Old Birmingham Teen Found, Homicide Investigation Underway

Police on Wednesday were investigating the death of teen whos body was found by a fisherman along Bayview Lake’s embankment outside Birmingham, Alabama.

The body of Sean Caribe Avant Jr., 18, was found around 12 p.m. Monday. The fisherman told reporters he called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department because he thought the body matched the description of Avant, who had been reported missing last Thursday.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity following an autopsy Tuesday. Cause of death was not released.

Sheriff’s Deputy Chief David Agee told reporters Avant’s death was considered a homicide.

Avant was last seen alive on Thursday between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. He had reportedly gotten a ride from a friend who dropped him off but investigators did not say where. His family called police after he failed to return home that evening.

Police said they were unable to locate Avant. Investigators were unable to ping his phone, and the youth was inactive on social media. The family sought the public’s help in locating him during the weekend.

“If you are a father you should feel my pain,” Avant’s father, QuaySean Avant, said. “My kids are my world and I will give my last breath to save them.”

He was wearing a gray hoodie with a tiger on the front, black jeans, and yellow and white Air Jordan sneakers when he disappeared.

Birmingham police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information to come forward.