Police in Winchester, Tenn., are working to identify skeletal remains found Friday near Tims Ford Lake after a worker accidentally hit the body with a piece of heavy equipment.
Winchester Police Chief Dennis Young said authorities suspect they know whose remains were found at the dead end on North Vine Street but are awaiting confirmation from a forensics investigation team before making any announcements.
Young said a worker mowing near the shoreline struck the remains with the equipment.
“It was on TVA property on the shores of Tims Ford Lake,” he said.
Authorities believe the body is of a man who lived nearby and went missing earlier in the year. Officials have been in touch with that man’s family, he said.