Human Remains Found In Area Missing Person Last Seen

WAYNE COUNTY – A volunteer search team located human remains in Wayne County. Around 4:13pm Sunday, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said they were notified the remains were found in the 400 block of Billy Price Road in the Seven Springs area.

Authorities said no positive identification has been made. The remains have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy to try and identify the person and determine a cause of death.

In a press release on Monday, the sheriff’s office said detectives found no evidence leading them to believe foul play is involved.

A missing 25 year-old Wayne County man, Gabriel Brody Carter, was last seen on October 20, 2022 on Billy Price Road near Vann Smith Road. He was reported missing the following day by his mother. Carter, who is a severe diabetic, was wanted on felony probation charges at the time he disappeared.