UPDATE: A body found on Monday along an embankment in Greenbrier County has been identified.
According to White Sulphur Police Chief Scott Teubert, the body has been identified as John Deaver, who was reported missing in May.
Deaver suffered from dementia.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police.
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GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A body has been found in Greenbrier County.
On Monday, June 06, 2022, at approximately 11:43 am, Sergeant B. W. Mitchell and Corporal Brandon McCormick of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of a body being found on the embankment of Howard’s Creek along Camp Ann Bailey Road in the Caldwell area.
Upon arrival, the officers requested the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Team to process the scene. The body was subsequently transported to the State Medical Examiners Office in Charleston for identification and cause of death.
Members of the West Virginia State Police, White Sulphur Springs Police Department, and the Lewisburg Fire Department provided on-scene assistance.
Corporal Brandon McCormick of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s office is the lead investigator.