SEVIERVILLE â The Sevier County Sheriffâs Office has released few details so far about the discovery of a body near King Branch Road.
Officers found the human remains in a wooded area sometime Friday near the 500 block of King Branch Road, on the east side of the Spur near Pigeon Forge.
Sheriff Ron Seals announced the discovery Sunday, and said the body was taken to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center for identification and for an autopsy.
SCSO, Gatlinburg Police Department, TBI, and the District Attorneyâs office are taking part in the investigation.
They did not release any additional information on the investigation Monday.
Matthew Bright, 19, is an LA gang member, according to authorities. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 5:06 PM EST March 2, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee A 19-year-old California gang member was arrested Monday in Knoxville, facing charges he played a role in a Los Angeles street killing, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Matthew Bright was being held Tuesday in the Knox County jail awaiting extradition.
According to David Jolley, U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Bright is a member of the Crips gang.
Officers with the U.S. Marshal s Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force located Bright on Monday outside an apartment off Walker Springs Road. He was detained without incident.
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Carolynne Ann Bartles was reported missing on Feb. 20. Her body was found six days later. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:47 PM EST March 5, 2021
GATLINBURG, Tenn. Two weeks after a Sevier County woman was reported missing, a Sevierville man has been charged in connection with her murder.
According to the Sevier Co. Sheriff s Office, Carolynne Ann Bartles, 52, was reported missing to the Gatlinburg Police Dept. on Feb. 20.
Authorities from TBI, Sevier County Sheriff s Office, and the Gatlinburg Police Dept. discovered a body six days later in a wooded area in the 500 block of King Branch Road in Gatlinburg. The body has now been identified as Bartles and an autopsy determined that she was the victim of a homicide.