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Death investigation opened




The Letcher County Sheriff ’s Office opened a death investigation this week after finding the body of a 25-year-man in a wooded area at Little Colley, near Isom.

The investigation into the death of Cody Blair was opened at 3:30 p.m. Monday after a neighbor who had been four-wheeling at the head of Allen K Hollow discovered Blair’s body and notified the sheriff ’s office.

Sheriff Danny Webb said Blair, who had been living with his mother in North Carolina and his grandmother in Allen K Hollow, was reported missing late last week.

The sheriff ’s office does not suspect foul play in the case, but is awaiting autopsy results before listing the cause of death.

“They’re still in the process of gathering information,” Webb said, referring to sheriff ’s deputies investigating the case and Letcher County Coroner Perry Fowler.



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