Officials ID body found in woods as Army vet
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Officials have identified a body found in Tennessee last week as a missing Army veteran from Clarksville.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the remains found in a heavily wooded area Thursday in Palmyra were identified as 30-year-old Melissa Sue Napier, formerly Woodruff.
Napier’s cause of death hasn’t yet been determined. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Sandra Brandon says autopsy results could take up to six weeks.
Brandon says foul play has not been ruled out in Napier’s death.
Napier was reported missing by her brother on Dec. 8.
Napier, who was originally from New York, served in the military for more than four years. She completed two tours in Iraq working as a chemical operations specialist.
