| UPDATE 4-10-2019 - Authorities said Tuesday evening they are still continuing the investigation into a body that was found in Wirt County.
The badly decomposed body of an unidentified male was found on Sunday evening, authorities say. They suspect that the body had been in the water for some time.
The body was sent to the West Virginia State medical examinerâs office in Charleston to get more information about the time and cause of death for the investigation.
4/7/2019 - A body was discovered in the Little Kanawha River before dark Sunday night in the Burning Springs area along Rt. 5, Wirt County.
Wirt County responders recovered the remains.
Grantsville Police Chief Craig Gherke said the body has been taken to the WV Medical Examiners office.
Sources told the Hur Herald that the body was partially decomposed.
Chief Gherke said, "It is too early to tell if the remains could be missing Grantsville resident Jerry "JD" Hess."
Hess went missing in Grantsville in November, 2018.
Chief Gherke said he had not received any leads on the missing man.
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