UPDATE: Human remains found in shallow grave on Lookout Mountain's Georgia side

February 3, 2017 at 5:50 p.m. | Updated February 3, 2017 at 6:34 p.m.

by Tyler Jett

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 10/19/15. The Johnson's Crook Valley near the Georgia-Alabama border in Rising Fawn, Ga., as seen on Monday, October 19, 2015. The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust and Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc., are partnering to create the largest cave preserve in Georgia consisting of 1,300 acres of land in the Johnson's Crook Valley.
Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 10/19/15. The Johnson's Crook Valley near the Georgia-Alabama border in Rising Fawn, Ga., as seen on Monday, October 19, 2015. The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust and Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc., are partnering to create the largest cave preserve in Georgia consisting of 1,300 acres of land in the Johnson's Crook Valley.

UPDATE: Chattanooga police spokesperson Elisa Myzal said officers with the department responded to the scene off Hinkle Road with the GBI and Walker County Sheriff's Office today. While the body was found outside Chattanooga, officers believe the remains may fit the description of a person reported missing to their agency.

They will wait for members of the GBI's crime lab to determine the identity of the person.

"We were out there in case this was that person, or it fits a description of the missing person we are investigating," she said. "But we can't make a positive ID. Only the [medical examiner] can."

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The Walker County Sheriff's Office is investigating human remains found in a shallow grave in Rising Fawn.

Someone discovered the body in a wooded area about 50 yards off Hinkle Road, according to a press release. The sheriff's office has been on scene since 10 a.m. and shipped the body to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Decatur, Ga., where medical examiners will perform an autopsy.

Investigators believe the remains are that of someone who was reported missing to the Chattanooga police. They have not revealed the identity of that person.

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