Identified! TN- Morgan Co. Discovery of Human Remains 10 April 2019 - John Hammond

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Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter is investigating a situation involving the discovery of

what appears to be human remains in Morgan County, along with members of the 9th Judicial District Attorney

General Russell Johnson’s office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Johnson has requested the

assistance of the Regional Forensics Center anthropology team in examining and exhuming the

remains, according to a news release.

“The investigation is in the early stages. No information is currently available as to confirmation of the type of remains, the identity — if they are in fact human remains — nor the cause and manner of death,” the release stated.

Human remains found in Morgan County

 

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I guess this is solved already...

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office have prepared a warrant charging a man with first degree premeditated murder following the discovery of human remains in Morgan County.

According to a release from the Office of the District Attorney General Ninth Judicial District, a warrant has been issued for Wayne C. Lindsay, 50, of Sunbright for the alleged murder of John Hammond.

The filing of the "murder warrant" comes after human remains were discovered lying under some rocks at the bottom of an embankment near Herbert Shannon Road on the morning of April 10. Investigators said a person living with Lindsay told a deputy with the sheriff's office that Lindsay had told the person about the murder.

The release said that Lindsay is accused of shooting and killing Hammond at Lindsay's home at 145 Herbert Shannon Road in November 2018 as Hammond was sleeping in a cot. An argument had occurred between the two before the shooting, the release said.

The sheriff's office said Lindsay was already in custody related to another case, and Judge Mike Davis will set his bond in the case of the murder charge.

'Murder warrant' filed for man after human remains found in Morgan County