Man's Body Found, May have been there 6-8 months/NC
Body Found in Woods May Have Been There 6-8 Months Last Edited: Saturday, 09 Feb 2008, 11:32 PM EST Created: Saturday, 09 Feb 2008, 5:59 PM EST Breaking News GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Police are investigating what they call a suspicious death. Officers said a driver stopped on the side of the road and found the body of a man in the woods around 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The decomposed body was discovered just off Highway 62, near the Randolph County line. Investigators believed the body had been in the wooded area 6-8 months. According to investigators, the man is about 5'8'' tall. He was wearing a white t-shirt and camoflauge shorts. Investigators have not release any further description because of the badly decomposed state of the body. http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5729855&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Update: Body found in Guilford County still not identified By Ryan Seals Staff Writer Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 updated 4:53 pm GREENSBORO — Authorities released new information Monday about a body found Saturday afternoon near the Randolph County line. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office is looking to identify the body of a white male, approximately 60 years age or older. The man was an estimated 5 feet 8 inches tall, wore dentures and had long black hair with some gray, according to an autopsy that began Monday at the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill. The man is also believed to have had some type of hip surgery, evident from four staples found in his pelvic area. The body was found shortly after 2 p.m. in a wooded area off the on ramp at N.C. 62 and U.S. 421 by a driver who had stopped along the side of the road, the sheriff's office said. The body was found wrapped in a tarp and believed to have been there since spring or summer 2007. The deceased was found wearing a white T-shirt, camouflage shorts and socks without shoes. A cause of death remains undetermined. Given the amount of time the body is believed to have been in the woods, Col. Randy Powers said the case provides some rare challenges for investigators. "Any forensic evidence that might have been left would be gone because of the weather," Powers said. "You have to deal with what's in the tarp and getting that person ID'd." Powers said the sheriff's office has been distributing frequent bulletins to surrounding law enforcement agencies in order to possibly find a match in a missing persons case. "As it is, (finding) primarily skeletal remains... we are (distributing information) as we get it," Powers said. "It takes a lot of information from the doctors ... and we'll continue going deeper and deeper (to solve this case)." A full autopsy is expected to take two or more days. Anyone with information on the man's ID or may have noticed anything suspicious in the area where the body was located is urged to call the Guilford County Sheriff's Office at (336) 641-3355 or Crime Stoppers at (336) 373-1000. Contact Ryan Seals at 373-7077 or ryan.seals@news-record.com http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/NRSTAFF/616838234

Facial Reconstruction May Help Identify Body Found in Woods Last Edited: Monday, 07 Jul 2008, 11:44 AM EDT Created: Monday, 07 Jul 2008, 11:44 AM EDT GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- Investigators hope a photo of a face reconstructed from a skull will help them identify a body found in the woods in February. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office sent the skull to a facial reconstruction lab at the University of Tennessee, where technicians produced a portrayal of what the person is believed to look like. The victim, whose skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near highways 62 and 421, is believed to be a white male, over 60 years old and approximately 5'9" to 5'10" in height. He had black and gray hair and, at some point, wore dentures. According to a news release from the sheriff's office, the reconstruction may not accurately represent any beard of facial hair the man may have had. The man's remains were found wrapped in a tarp, and an autopsy did not determine a cause of death. At the time of the body's discovery on February 9, 2008, investigators said he was wearing a white t-shirt and camouflage shorts. They said it appeared the body could have been in the woods for six to eight months. http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6926850&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1