Man Remains Found On Abandoned Tennessee Trail In 1986 And Identified As Jerry Harrison

Officials identified the homicide victim as Jerry Harrison last week whose skeletal remains were found along an abandoned and isolated trail in 1986.

Man Remains Found On Abandoned Tennessee Trail In 1986 And Identified As Jerry Harrison (PHOTO: Newsbreak)

Body Found In 1986 Identified As Jerry Harrison

Tennessee officials said that a body has been identified after remaining a mystery for almost four decades.  on August 24, 1986, a group of hunters discovered remains around Caney Valley in an isolated and abandoned trail according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

TBI agents and the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office determined the skeletal remains was belonging to a white male, between 30 and 40 years old who had been fatally shot and classified the body as a homicide.

The University of Tennessee Anthropology Department reportedly concluded the victim had been dead for around six months to a year before the remains were found.

Law enforcement followed the leads it had, but after hitting dead ends, the case went cold and the body remained a “John Doe.”

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Via Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Testing The Victim Was Identified

Law enforcement is encouraging everyone who may have known who Harrison was with before his death to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.

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