CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation after a body was found in a ditch in Thursday afternoon.
Around 3:30 p.m., law enforcement was dispatched to the Pleasant Hill area on Highway 70 West for an unidentified body found in a ditch.
Investigators are processing the scene and the body is being sent to the medical examiner to be positively identified. An autopsy will also be conducted.
The sheriff's office provided an update Friday identifying the body as 32-year-old Timothy Thompson, who lived on Lewis Road in Pleasant Hill.
The Medical Examiner's Office says there were no signs of trauma and foul play is not believed to play a role in Thompson's death, according to the results of their investigation. The exact cause of death will be determined when the medical examiner's report is complete.
The sheriff's office offered their condolences to Thompson's friends and family.
