The Greene County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched this morning after midnight, to the 300 block of Doughtys Chapel Road on a possible body located in the field. Upon arrival, a deceased body was found lying in the middle of a cornfield.
The Greeneville Police Department was notified due to circumstances relating to another ongoing investigation. The press release issued this morning stated GPD along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene and have taken over the investigation.
The body has been sent to the William L. Jenkins Forensics Center in Johnson City for an autopsy to get a positive identification of the individual.
