BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for a man accused of killing an East Baton Rouge Parish Schools employee. Jaymie Thomas, 19, is wanted on charges of second-degree murder and possession of a firearm or carrying concealed weapon convicted felon. According to police, the body of Marcus Spears, 55, was found in a grassy field around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 by homicide detectives in the 3000 block of East Mason Drive. Around 7:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, officers responded to the 10008 block of Avenue L in reference to a public assistance call regarding a vehicle belonging to a missing person, according to the police. Ascension Parish man charged with second-degree murder after one killed in Gonzales According to police, during the investigation, police learned that the vehicle belonged to Spears, who was reported missing on Wednesday by the Addis Police Department. Anyone who has information regarding Thomas' whereabouts is urged to contact the BPRD Homicide Division at 225-389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867. Latest News Tampa sees 5x the usual October rainfall due to Hurricane Milton New poll in EBR mayor-president race shows Weston Broome ahead, James outpacing in spending State leaders work to improve rural parts of Louisiana through multi-million-dollar grant Internet Archive data breach exposes more than 31 million user accounts: reports Byron leads NASCAR Cup playoffs as series shifts to Charlotte