UPDATE: No trauma found on body discovered along I-75, toxicology results pending

Crawford County Sheriff Lewis Walker says an autopsy revealed there were no signs of trauma to Terlonzo Martin's body.
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UPDATE (11/1 – 7:30 p.m.) – Crawford County Sheriff Lewis Walker says an autopsy revealed there were no signs of trauma to Terlonzo Martin’s body.

Martin, who Walker said in a news release was from Huntsville, Alabama, had been living in a facility in Valdosta for a couple of months. Walker did not name the facility.

Toxicology results are now pending.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Crawford County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating.


UPDATE (10/19 – 7 p.m.) – Crawford County Coroner Sheldon Maddox says the body of an unidentified man in his 40s was found down an embankment on I-75 on Thursday.

Maddox says the man was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. and that there were no signs of foul play.

Maddox says someone saw the body while sitting in traffic due to an unrelated crash.

He says he “has a name” but can’t release the man’s identify pending notification of next of kin.

Maddox says the body will be sent to the GBI Crime Lab for an autopsy.

When reached by phone again Thursday night, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said the body was found in a sliver of Crawford County on I-75 and referred us to Maddox.


ORIGINAL STORY (10/19 – 6:07 p.m.):

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —A body was found on the side of Interstate 75 on Thursday evening.

A viewer sent us a news tip just after 5:30 p.m. saying a body was found on I-75 northbound near Sardis Church Road.

We called Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, who confirmed he was en route to a report of a body found “near the county line.”

We then emailed the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, but were told to contact the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office. We are waiting for more information.

Stay with 41NBC for updates as they become available.

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