WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.:
According to a press release on the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page, the body found on Highway 280 in Wilcox County highway Tuesday is believed to be a man missing since August.
The release says Charles Richard Grimsley Jr. was reported missing by family members on August 9. He had only lived in Wilcox County for a few days before he went missing.
The remains will be sent to the GBI crime lab for autopsy.
There is no word on the cause of death.
The Georgia Department of Transportation rerouted traffic in the area due to the investigation, but the roadway has since been reopened.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is helping investigate after a body was found on a Wilcox County highway Tuesday afternoon.
That's according to J.T. Ricketson with the GBI's Perry office.
He referred further questions to Sheriff Robert Rogers, who could not be reached for comment.
But witnesses told 13WMAZ that officers found the body on Highway 280 between Rochelle and Pitts.
A secretary at the sheriff's office said Rogers would be issuing a release Wednesday.
We'll update this story when more details are available.
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