Author: Staff Report Source: The Newport Plain Talk
NEWPORT-The body of a man found by a fisherman
Thursday morning off Interstate 40 near the Wilton Springs Exit has been
identified.
James
Joseph Shults, 40, Cosby, was discovered near a stretch of the Pigeon River
popular with fisherman shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday morning. Shults' body was
in the passenger seat of a parked, black Lexus car, which was displaying a
license plate reported stolen from Pigeon Forge.
The Cocke
County Sheriff's Department and the TBI were on scene after the discovery was
reported. Detective Derrick Woods said the cause of death has yet to be
determined and that an autopsy would be performed at UT Medical Center. When
asked how long the body had been in the area, Woods said it had yet to be
determined, however, he did note that the man was found in a highly trafficked
area used by fisherman.
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