CANTON, GA — Cherokee County authorities say a body found in an outbuilding at a Land Road home Thursday had been there for several days.
Deputies responded to the home in the Clayton community around 4 p.m. after a 911 caller reported finding the body inside the outbuilding, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
Authorities said they are currently unable to identify the body due to its condition. A cause and manner of death were not released.
The body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab, where an autopsy is being conducted.
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