In September 2015 a hunter in woodland near U.S. Highway 27 and Edwards Road in Franklin, Georgia, found a partially decomposed body and alerted the Heard County Sheriff’s Office. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted, and identity was established about a week later from medical records: the victim was Antonio Tony Moore, a 38-year-old retired Navy veteran from Huntsville, Alabama, who had been reported missing from his Alabama home on September 12, 2015.

The GBI Medical Examiner determined Moore died from a gunshot wound and that his death was a homicide. Investigators developed a suspect and arrested 29-year-old Dimitri Merci Jackson on a charge of murder. Authorities described the investigation as ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact the Heard County Sheriff’s Office or the GBI Columbus Regional Office.

Were there sightings or local tips from the Franklin area in mid-September 2015 that could help clarify Moore’s movements before he disappeared?