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Police discover body in Knox County
Posted On 15 May 2009
The search for a Woodbine man missing since June of last year may have come to an end in a remote area of Knox County Friday afternoon.
Authorities have confirmed that a body has been discovered in Knox County, but are not yet confirming if the body is that of 25-year-old Jeremy Johnson, a man that was last seen in June of 2008.
Kentucky State Police, along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Department and State Medical Examiner Emily Craig are on the scene off of Gray-Helton Hollow Road in Knox County and expect to be there overnight.
According to Kentucky State Police Lt. P.J. Burnette, at around 4 p.m. Friday, police found what they believed to be human remains in an area they had been digging up with shovels. At that time, Craig, whose office is in Frankfort, was notified and arrived at the scene about two hours later. Though it was not confirmed, witnesses near the scene say they some a male in the backseat of a police cruiser as it made its way to the scene prior to the search.
Police had been searching an area somewhat close to this location late last month for the remains of 25-year-old Jeremy Johnson, who went missing on June 10, 2008. Two men, 23-year-old Daniel Grubb of Woodbine, and 64-year-old Bobbie R. Walters, of Barbourville, both face charges of tampering with physical evidence for allegedly moving Johnson’s body, but neither has been accused of killing the man. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Johnson was allegedly last seen at Angels and Wings Sports Bar in a red Chevrolet station wagon.
Officers from the Knox County Sheriff’s Dept. searched an area on Hwy. 459 on July 16 where they found the car belonging to Johnson on the opposite side of a hill that officials had searched before. Police said the car had been driven as far back in the woods as it could have been driven.
Officials at the scene said they hoped to have a press release on the situation overnight or possibly in the morning.
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i drove by the scene where the body was discovered, the coroner had just arrived, and there were police and newscrews everywhere, i sure hope it was the body of jeremy johnson, for the sake of his family, and i think its a dirty shame this tragedy happened…all involved deserve the death penalty…also, i think it was pre-meditated,,,,,i’ve heard the body had been moved 2 if ot three times, before it was discovered…concerned citizen……God bless the johnson family, my thoughts and prayers are with you all..