CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE:
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the man found dead in an embankment off of I-75.
In a media release Friday afternoon, they say that Terlonzo Elwond Martin, 42, of Huntsville, Ala. was found dead on the side of the road on Thursday at around 5 p.m..
On Friday morning, Sheriff Lewis Walker told 13WMAZ that they were working to notify the man's next of kin.
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A body was found just off of I-75, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones told 13WMAZ.
It happened on the small portion of Crawford County that touches the interstate.
While the Crawford County Sheriff's Office and the county coroner are taking charge, Jones said a truck driver noticed the body out his window while sitting in stand-still traffic. He said that he saw the body in an embankment.
Jones says it appears the body might have been there for a while. He said it may have been there for several days.
According to Leon, the body is going to the GBI crime lab where an autopsy will determine the cause of death.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is working on notifying the man's next of kin.
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