Authorities are scraping together clues in a bid to solve the mystery of an unidentified man whose body was pulled from the Cumberland River over the weekend, officials reported. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, an autopsy performed on the body turned up empty on signs of foul play or trauma. The deceased, believed possibly Hispanic and in his 30s, is yet to be named as investigators work to piece together his identity.
The discovery of the man came on Sunday afternoon, and details surrounding his demise remain scant. Authorities are now to thoroughly comb through missing person reports and fingerprint databases in hopes of putting a name to the face. He was found garbed in black jeans, a gray undershirt, and a maroon overshirt, with one Puma tennis shoe on his foot, a white watch and white necklace adorning his person, and a distinctive tiger/panther tattoo on his right bicep.
In a move to fast-track the identification process, his fingerprints have been sent to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). Metro Police are calling on the public to aid in the identification, urging anyone who might recognize the description of the man or his tattoo to step forward with information. The lack of violence observed on the body has thus far kept the specter of homicide at bay.
