UPDATE: The sheriff’s office says the victim is an adult male. Officials responded after receiving a phone call about the body being found.
The victim’s family has not been notified currently. The body will be sent Tuesday morning for an autopsy in Huntsville.
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FROM EARLIER:
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a body was found in the woods behind a home.
The body was discovered Sunday around 2:30 p.m. behind a home on County Road 140 in the Estillfork community.
The case is under investigation as an apparent homicide.
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