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My daughter called a little while to make sure Mom and Dad were accounted for because she saw a link on Facebook about a body found on Ridge Road yesterday. I haven't seen or heard anything about it. Ridge Rd is a long road, Anyone know where this happened. The article I found on 11 Alive doesn't give any details.

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The Sheriff's office posted something about 5 minutes ago. It seems, from what they wrote, that it may have been a drug overdose. There is a picture attached to the post and the police are asking for help in identifying the person in the picture.

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Facebook post by Paulding County Sheriff

 

UNIDENTIFIED BODY LOCATED ON RIDGE ROAD

On Friday July 3, 2015 at approximately 1:19 pm, a 911 call was placed to Paulding County E-911 in reference to a possible body being located in the area of 3390 Ridge Road. Upon arrival Deputies confirmed that there was in fact a deceased individual in the wooded area behind the residence. When Deputies spoke with the complainant he stated that he had been smelling something "dead" behind his residence for a few days. When the complainant investigated the smell he observed what appeared to be a deceased body in the wooded area between his residence and the neighbors.

 

Once Detectives, Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), and Crime Scene Investigators arrived on scene, they cordoned off the area and began processing the scene. At this point, since the body was badly decomposed Detectives and Agents do not have an identity or manner of death for the deceased. The only thing Detectives and Agents can say for sure is that it is a male subject that is deceased. An autopsy will be performed on Monday July 6, 2015 at the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta which will hopefully shed more light on who this individual is and the way in which he died.

 

Through the course of the investigation, Detectives and Agents spoke with several neighbors and residents in the area. One resident stated that on June 24, 2015 at approximately 12:00 pm a white male in his early 20's walked through her yard and was acting very strangely. The resident stated that the male was jumping around, holding on to a fence, laying on the ground flopping around, and acting as if he was under the influence of some type of illegal narcotic. The resident even had enough presence of mind to video the unknown male while he was acting this way. The resident called 911 but by the time Deputies arrived the individual was gone.

 

Detectives and Agents have taken a screen shot from the video that the resident filmed on June 24, 2015. The image is attached to the release. Detectives need the public's assistance in trying to identify who this individual is. At this point, Detectives believe that the individual in the photo may possibly be the deceased person that was located on July 3, 2015.

 

If you have any information on who the individual in the attached photograph is, please call the Paulding County Sheriff's Office at (770) 443-3010.
Thanks

 

 

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I beleive I read a post by the sheriffs office thanking everyone for sharing the photo., the person was who some thought it was, but the family had not been notified yet., so they may have taken the post down for that. reason

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I got a note from the SO saying that a person who thinks they are a relative has come forward and that SO is taking their DNA and that from the body to determine if there is a match. That said, we expect more news after, or if, a positive identification has taken place.

 

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Facebook post by Paulding County Sheriff

 

Unidentified Body Located on Ridge Road Identified by GBI

 

On Friday (07/10/15), the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Crime Lab confirmed the identity of the deceased individual that was located on Ridge Road in Paulding County on Friday July 3, 2015. The individual was initially identified by individuals on social media as Joshua Andrew Holmes (W/M, 25 YOA). Utilizing DNA and tattoos, the GBI was able to confirm that the deceased individual was in fact Joshua Andrew Holmes. Holmes was from Paulding County and had a Dallas address.

 

According to the GBI there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body. At this point, the manner of death is still under investigation, but Detectives do not believe there is anything suspicious about Holmes’ death.

 

The Sheriff's Office wants to thank the community for the outpouring of assistance in this case. Without the citizens assistance, it would have been much more difficult to determine Holmes' identity.

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