Search for missing Alamo man ends in tragedy
The search for an Alamo man came to an end Thursday after he had gone missing almost a week ago.
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. — Logan Hopper, 22, was found dead around 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Investigators are now on the hunt to figure out what happened.
A family’s search for a missing loved one ended tragically as Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce confirmed Hopper’s body was discovered by a family member in an area they had been searching for days.
The area of land near D.T. Williams Road is where family found his body. “We’ve searched the area, we’ve had volunteers who have been through here, four-wheeler trailers all in and around the whole area,” Sheriff Klyce said.
Klyce said there have been more than 100 volunteers and several law enforcement officers sifting through parts of town for almost a week.
“It’s just really a difficult part of the terrain in this woods where no four-wheelers could get inside or anything,” Klyce said.
Just a few days ago, search dogs were brought in to help track Hopper’s location. “The way it was laid out, you could walk pretty close and still miss him,” Klyce said. “It’s just like looking for a needle in a haystack out here.”
Many in the community remained optimistic about Logan returning home. “We had hoped he wasn’t here, because we knew if he was here after five or six days, that meant it wasn’t good, so we was hoping he was somewhere else, maybe held up, and I think they were holding onto that, and of course we were too,” Klyce said.
Investigators said his body was taken to the medical examiner’s office in Memphis to determine a cause of death.
“We just don’t want anybody speculating on what happened because they don’t know, and right now we just need to let the process work itself,” Klyce said.
Sheriff Klyce said in addition to an autopsy, investigators will also have to get a toxicology report which could take six to eight weeks for the results. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was also called in to assist with the incident.
WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News spoke with several community members who helped with the search. While many did not want to speak on camera out of respect for the family, they say it’s a tragic situation and they’re praying for the family to heal after their loss.
