Victim pulled from Center Hill Lake
The body of a Carrier employee was pulled from Center Hill Lake Thursday morning, four days after he disappeared near Webbs Camp in White County.
The victim, Eddie Steve Miller, 44, of DeKalb County, was found by fishermen near the shore around 8 a.m. Thursday. The discovery came following intensive diving and dragging operations by several agencies including the Warren County Rescue Squad.
According White County Sheriff’s Investigator Chris Isom, Miller was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. When last heard from, he was walking to where he was staying with family members in the Horseshoe Bend area around Webbs Camp at Walling in White County.
When family members failed to see Miller the next morning, a search, both by land and by water began, growing in size each successive day. Miller’s body was found a short distance upstream from where he was last seen.
“Right now we see no signs of foul play,” Isom said, noting lawmen do not know how Isom got into the water. “We’re having an autopsy conducted which will hopefully give us the time of his death. We’ll continue our investigation to tie up any loose ends, but right now we’re treating this as a drowning.”