KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A report of a fire in the Roane County woods has led to the discovery of a human body.
WVLT-TV in Knoxville reports the incident occurred Monday night and began with a woman’s call to 911 to report a fire about a quarter-mile behind her house.
Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton says when authorities arrived, the woman was trying to extinguish the flames. Stockton says a deputy who responded to the call saw a body in the fire.
Stockton says the woman’s husband is missing from the couple’s home near the Roane-Loudon County line.
The sheriff called in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and says the case is being treated as a possible homicide.