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GCSO: Body of 80-year-old found on his Greene Co. property Wednesday evening

The Greene County Sheriff's Office said the man was found in a detached garage on Hartman Lane.
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GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Greene County Sheriff's Office said deputies found the body of an 80-year-old man Wednesday evening.

In a release, he was identified as James. W. Woods. Authorities said Woods owned the property, and said his body was found in a detached garage on Hartman Lane. Investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also responded to calls about the body.

In a release, the sheriff's office said Woods' body was sent to the East Tennessee State University's Jenkins Forensic Center, where it will be examined and a cause of death will be determined.

Additional information, including the circumstances surrounding Woods' death, was not immediately available.

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