Authorities in Hamilton County are investigating after a body was found near Ooltewah-Georgetown Road.
On Monday, two men riding horses in a wooded area reportedly found the dead body of a female, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
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Detectives and investigators with the sheriff’s office were notified and responded to the 11500 block of Ooltewah-Georgetown Road to recover the body and transport it to the medical examiner’s office.