BODY FOUND OFF HIGHWAY 111 IN SEQUATCHIE COUNTY

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department were at the scene Thursday afternoon, after a decomposed body was reportedly found off Highway 111. Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock said a member of an inmate litter clean-up crew spotted the body, about one-quarter mile south of the scenic overlook. The last litter clean-up along the highway was March 1, the Sheriff added.