Body pulled from Chickasawhay River Monday afternoon

By Paul Keane

The Wayne County News

Officials are trying to identify the body of a female pulled from the 
Chickasawhay River Monday afternoon.

Around noon Monday, emergency personnel were called to the boat ramp off 
Highway 184 with a report of a dead body located in the river. Three men 
traveling the river by boat discovered the body entangled in a brush 
pile approximately a mile south of the boat ramp.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Wayne County Emergency 
Management, Wayne General Hospital, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, 
Fisheries and Parks and the Wayne County Coroner's Office all responded 
to the scene.

According to Sheriff Jerry "Juice" Mosley, a boat was taken out on the 
river and traveled to the location provided by the three men. There, 
they found the body of what they assume is a middle-age woman.

The body was brought ashore and Deputy Coroner Blake Kelly transported 
the body to Freeman Funeral Home. Investigators were expected to go 
there to take photos of the body, as Mosley said tattoos on the body 
might be used to identify the woman.

Kelly said he will be ordering an autopsy to determine the cause of 
death. Mosley and Chief Deputy Geoffery Clark both said there appeared 
to be no signs of trauma on the body.

Once made available, photos of the tattoos will be posted to this 
website in an attempt to identify the victim.