On Saturday (December 3) at 3:41 p.m. deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a deceased person on Lee Cline Road north of Conover. When deputies arrived they discovered this person in a wooded area along Lee Cline Road near the intersection with Eckard Road.

The person appears to be an adult male. The age and race had not been established. The cause of death was unknown.

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is conducting an investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sheriff’s Investigators at 828-464-3112.