(KAIR)--The man found dead inside of a bag, laying along a road in St. Joseph, Missouri, was a former resident of Doniphan County.

That’s according to the obituary for 39-year-old Travis Whetstine.

According to the funeral notice from the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, in Highland, Whetstine, of St. Joseph, formerly lived in Wathena.

His body was discovered October 23 in the 200 block of St. Joseph’s Chellew Road.

KQ2-TV reports Whetstine’s body was found inside a bag that police described as being made of tarp-like material.

Whetstine’s death is being investigated as suspicious.

Among his survivors are his wife, Misty and three children. His mother, Theresa Ann Hessemyer and his father, William Brian Whetstine, both of Troy, also survive.

Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at the Community of Christ Church in Fanning.