GRANT COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in southwest Kansas continue to investigate the disappearance and death of a Grant County man.

Sunday night, The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported in a media release that on Thursday, law enforcement authorities located the body of Jimmy Wayne Martin, 54, in the rural southeast part of Grant County.

Martin was last seen on March 23, at his rural residence approximately 4 miles southeast of Ulysses, Kansas.

An autopsy was performed at Frontier Forensic in Kansas City, Kansas on Friday.

Preliminary findings indicate that Martin was fatally shot with a small caliber weapon. Final autopsy results are pending.

There are two suspects currently in custody on unrelated charges. There is no current danger to the public in relation to this particular incident.

The results of the investigation will be turned over to the Grant County Attorney’s