KINGSPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE CITY. AUTHORITES SAID 19 YEAR OLD DERRICK KESSE WAS FOUND INSIDE HIS HOLSTON VIEW APARTMENT ON NORTH JOHN B. DENNIS HIGHWAY LAST EVENING SHORTLY AFTER SIX THIRTY. AUTHORITIES SAID IT APPEARS HE MAY HAVE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION. IT’S BELIEVED THE VICTIM WAS ROBBED AND THEN BOUND AND LEFT FOR DEAD. THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR THREE BLACK MALE SUSPECTS WHO WERE SEEN WITH THE VICTIM SHORTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM A SAFE INSIDE THE APARTMENT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS HOMICIDE OR THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE THREE SUSPECTS, SHOULD CONTACT THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.