Authorities still have no identity for bullet-riddled body

SPARTA, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A bullet-riddled body found along a county road still has not been identified since its discovery Sunday morning, authorities said Monday.

White County Sheriff’s Detective Thomas Simmons said the body appears to be an Asian male in his 30s who died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Simmons said the department has no leads on the identity and no leads on the shooter. No one in the area has been reported missing, Simmons said.

The department was alerted to the body after a woman on her way to church spotted it on the side of the road.

The body was about 25 to 30 yards away from the road, wearing a pullover shirt, jeans and a leather coat, Simmons said.

The body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy to determine the actual cause of death. Simmons said he did not know how many times the man was shot.