Durham family believes body found may be missing man
Reginald Charles said police told him that a body found Saturday evening had clothes matching those of his missing uncle.
Posted — UpdatedA resident walking in the area found the body and alerted police around 6:30 p.m.
Police are treating the situation as a death investigation.
The body has not been identified. An autopsy has been ordered.
Neighbor Heather Hunt said she and other neighbors had detected a foul smell a few weeks ago, but never imagined it was a body.
“We did notice a couple days ago a scent was a little strong. We didn’t know where it was coming from. It would come and go,” Hunt said Sunday.
Hunt's dog had recently killed a possum, so she believed the smell could be from a dead animal.
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Cheatham, who was reported missing nearly a month ago, was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt with “ARMY” on the front, khaki pants, a black baseball cap with “ARMY” on it and khaki athletic shoes.
Cheatham went missing from his home on Casa Street – two streets away from Madrid Lane. He suffers from Alzheimer's disease, his wife, Connie Cheatham has said.
A Silver Alert, which quickly notifies the public about missing endangered adults, remains in effect for Cheatham.
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