{"id":1205653,"date":"2023-02-27T12:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205653"},"modified":"2023-02-28T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:20:50","slug":"police-find-body-of-tennessee-man-in-east-texas-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205653","title":{"rendered":"Police find body of Tennessee man in East Texas creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1205654\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Palestine-Police-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>PALESTINE &#8212; Palestine Police said they found the body of a man on Sunday in a creek. According to our news partner KETK, officials said they responded to the scene around 5:30 p.m. in a wooded area off Highway 155 near Loop 256 after the landowner observed what appeared to be a body. According to Palestine Police, the body was in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the later stages of decomposition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and detectives were able to locate an ID in the clothing. The man was 53-years-old from Tennessee and police said he was known to be homeless and living in the nearby woods. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right now, there are no obvious signs of foul play, but we are looking at all possibilities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Police Chief Mark Harcrow said.<!--more--> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Detectives are working to contact family members and to confirm the identity. We will not release the identity until that is complete.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d An autopsy has been ordered and officials said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALESTINE &#8212; Palestine Police said they found the body of a man on Sunday in a creek. According to our news partner KETK, officials said they responded to the scene around 5:30 p.m. in a wooded area off Highway 155 near Loop 256 after the landowner observed what appeared to be a body. According to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205653\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Police find body of Tennessee man in East Texas creek<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1205657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Palestine-Police-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Police find body of Tennessee man in East Texas creek","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 08:18:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Palestine-Police-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Police find body of Tennessee man in East Texas creek","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205656,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205653\/revisions\/1205656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1205657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}