Homeless man found dead from blunt force trauma on Birmingham street now identified

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Authorities have released the name of a man found slain on a Birmingham street.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim Wednesday as Benjamin Lee Doaks. He was 59 and a transient in the Birmingham area.

Birmingham police and Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service were dispatched about 8:40 p.m. Monday to the 200 block of Sixth Place North on a report of a person down. That is a commercial area.

Doaks was found unresponsive and the roadway and pronounced dead on the scene at 8:48 p.m. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the victim had sustained blunt force injuries during an assault.

Police said they have not yet identified a motive or any suspects.

Doaks is the city’s 67th homicide this year. Of those, five have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 91 homicides, including the 67 in Birmingham.

Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

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