(Farmersville)--The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent suicide that happened Tuesday evening near Farmersville. According to the Sheriff's Office, authorities were dispatched to a residence on the East Frontage Road.

Upon arrival, the body of 33 year old Curtis Scott of Girard was found in the yard of the residence. Scott was transported to Memorial Medical Center in Springfield where he was pronounced dead by the Sangamon County Coroner's Office.

Scott had been reported missing earlier in the day by Girard Police Department. The incident remains under investigation by the Sangamon County Coroner's Office and by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.