Skeletal remains found in 2018 in Hixson have been identified as missing Soddy-Daisy man, Jerry “Leroy” Paul Guess, according to a news release.
Guess was last seen on May 30, 2018, before being reported missing the same day.
The remains were located on Nov. 16, 2018, at 1012 Boy Scout Road by a local hunter before being reported to police.
The release states that the remains were initially sent to the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center in March of 2019, before being sent to the University of North Texas for DNA analysis in April 2019.
The Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death as undetermined.
Anyone with information concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of Jerry “Leroy” Paul Guess is asked to call the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 423-209-8940.