The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death after a decomposing body was found on Moccasin Creek Thursday morning shortly after 8.
According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, deputies responded when a motorist driving along Arkansas State Highway 5 South observed a body floating in Moccasin Creek at the Baxter/Izard County line.
Deputies along with other first responders found a nude adult male decomposing body floating in the creek. Deputies canvassed residences in the area, but no one who was contacted had any information as to who the decedent might be. An officer with the Mountain Home Police Department responded with a drone to see if any other evidence could be seen, but nothing was found.
The body was removed by the Baxter County Coroner’s Office and will be sent to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office in Little Rock for autopsy to determine manner and cause of death, along with assisting to in attempting to identify the deceased.
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