Police Identify Body Found in Creek as 55-year-old Timothy Clements
Mike Gallagher
NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. - Police know the identity of a man found in a Newton County creek Friday afteoon.
State and local officials are investigating the death of a Conyers man, his family said, who left for work and never came home.
It was gruesome discovery Friday. "When we arrived, we discovered local fishermen in the area had discovered a body – actually in Snapping Shoals Creek -- off the bridge here, off 212." said Newton County Sheriff's First Lt. Mark Mitchell.
The body, wrapped in material, has now been identified as 55-year-old Conyers resident Timothy Clements.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Clements left his home in Conyers early Thursday moing to go to work as a landscaper. That was the last time his family saw him alive. The very next day, they reported him missing.
The GBI isn't talking about the condition of the body -- and will only say Clements was identified by his unique dental work. They also aren't saying how he died but have ruled it a homicide.
Investigators said Clements' truck, a red 1991Ford F150, with Georgia tags 955BJR is still missing.
Anyone with information on the truck or the incident is asked to call the Newton County Sheriff's Office at 678-625-1400 or the GBI tip line at 1-800-597-tips.
