Driver’s license photo of Colin Shropshire.Updated Sunday at 6:30 p.m.: The man has been identified as Colin Chavez Shropshire, 26, of LaFayette, Ga.
Shropshire was reported missing Friday night at approximately 10 p.m. and was last seen at Cliffs Apartments on Shugart Road at approximately 1:30 a.m. Friday morning, Dalton Police Department spokesman Bruce Frazier said in a statement.
It was reported to police that Shropshire left the apartment complex on foot.
A passerby found his body in the creek between Academy Sports and The Home Depot, according to the release.
Shropshire’s body was found partially in the water near the edge of the creek and is being sent for an autopsy.