MONROE, N.C. (AP) - The decomposed body found in a North Carolina soybean field has been identified as a man last seen more than two months ago.
News outlets report the Union County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release Tuesday identifying the body as that of 33-year-old Carl Dewayne Melton. The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office used medical records to identify him.
A farmer harvesting his crop Monday spotted the body. At that point, officials couldn’t tell if the remains belonged to a man or a woman.
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The sheriff’s office says Melton was reported missing Sept. 3, but hadn’t been seen since Aug. 10.
The medical examiner is still determining a cause of death.
The soybean field in around 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
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