GBI assisting The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with an investigation after a body was found bur
- Northwest Georgia Scanner
- Jan 12, 2017
- 1 min read
From Whitfield Sheriff's Office:
On January 10, 2017, at approximately 4:38pm, the Whitfield County 911 Center received a call concerning a body being discovered in a wooded area at the dead end of Ellis Road. The body was discovered by a 13 year-old male that lived in the area and was walking in the woods. Upon arriving at the scene officers discovered the deceased body of a male subject that had been placed in the woods and set on fire. We believed the body had been at the location less than 24-hours. No identification was found on the body and officers are in the process of trying to determine his identity. The body will be transported to the GBI Crime Lab for an autopsy. The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted in the investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Coroner’s Office. The sheriff office confirmed the body was discovered by a juvenile walking through the woods near his home at the dead end of Ellis Road off of Dug Gap Road west of I-75. Swiney said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the coroner’s office have been assisting in identifying the victim.
