A little before 8 a.m. this morning two fishermen found a body near the Watauga River along the intersection of Highway 67 and Highway 91 in Elizabethton, according to Elizabethton Police Department Capt. Jason Shaw.
Both the EPD and Carter County Sheriffs Office are investigating the discovery. The medical examiner’s office and the coroner were also both called to the scene. Members of the Carter County Rescue Squad’s Technical Rescue Team is assisting in the removal of the body.
Shaw said that neither the EPD or the Sheriffs Department have any reports of missing persons.
No further details were immediately available
The Elizabethton Star will update this story as more information becomes available.