Police are contacting family members before releasing the identity of the body of an 18-year-old white man found in a UTC dormitory Tuesday morning.
The body has been transported to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death, said Chattanooga police spokeswoman Lt. Kim Noorbergen.
The 18-year-old was not a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga but was visiting students at a dormitory, said UTC spokesman Chuck Cantrell.
UTC Police Chief Robert Ratchford said police got the call about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and found the body in the Guerry apartments, a university dormitory near the intersection of Douglas Street and M.L. King Boulevard.
Chief Ratchford did not share any further information but said more details would be made available through the Chattanooga police, who are the lead investigators on the incident.