‘Foul smell’ leads maintenance worker to gruesome discovery in home, NC cops say
UPDATE: The person found dead in the North Carolina home was identified as a man who disappeared in October. The missing 26-year-old was last seen in Clyde, where his remains were found months later in a crawl space, according to the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies in a Jan. 29 news release didn’t share a cause of death but called it an “isolated incident” with “no threat to the community.” An investigation is ongoing.
The original story is below.
A “foul smell” led to the gruesome discovery of human remains inside a North Carolina home, officials said.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office said officers found the remains Jan. 26 after responding to a “suspicious situation” in the town of Clyde.
“The caller was a maintenance worker and reported a foul smell and discovered what appeared to be human remains,” deputies wrote in a Facebook post.
First responders searched the Clyde duplex and confirmed there were remains inside. But as of Jan. 26, the sheriff’s office said it didn’t know the identity of the person who died.
As mystery lingers in the case, deputies said the investigation is ongoing. More information is expected to be released as it becomes available.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office didn’t immediately share additional details with McClatchy News on Jan. 29.
Clyde is roughly 25 miles west of the popular mountain town of Asheville.
This story was originally published January 29, 2024 at 12:11 PM with the headline "‘Foul smell’ leads maintenance worker to gruesome discovery in home, NC cops say."
