Skeletal remains in Tunnel Hill identified as man missing since 2012

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3863 Dogwood Valley Road

3863 Dogwood Valley Road

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office has identified the skeletal remains found in November at 3863 Dogwood Valley Road in Tunnel Hill as that of 54-year-old Lawrence Douthitt.

Douthitt had been missing since September 2012, according to a press release from Sheriff Gary Sisk. After officers found the body on Nov. 3, the Medical Examiner's Office identified Douthitt through DNA analysis.

Sisk said the death has been ruled a suicide.

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