Sylvester Leon Henderson, 36, turned himself in to Georgia Regional Hospital around 4 p.m. today. He was wanted in connection with the death of Derrick Brown, a resident of 1419 Pine Villa Court.

With the assistance of the DeKalb County Police Department and the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, Conyers Police Department took Henderson into custody and charged him with the murder of Derrick Brown. Henderson was booked into the Rockdale County jail.

Brown's body was found in a kudzu patch Tuesday in Lawrenceville. 

Police received a call about a fight at 1419 Villa Pines Court, in the Forest Villa subdivision on Irwin Bridge Road, shortly after midnight Tuesday, Oct. 19. When officers arrived they found signs of an assault but did not find the resident.

A released statement described that "witnesses reported seeing someone loaded into the back seat of a car and the car fled the scene prior to officers arrival."

Investigators found an aquaintence of 1419 Villa Pines Court who led them to the body of Derrick Brown in a kudzu patch in Lawrenceville.