Missing Man Being Searched For Near Erwin, TN

The WMC-TV website out of Memphis, TN carries an Associated Press story on 18 June 2007 that they title "Authorities dragging Nolichucky for missing man". It mentions a search for Nicholas Stone, in the Nolichucky River but "also in the woods around the river and parts of the Appalachian Trail." He does not seem to have been a hiker, as his abandoned vehicle was located nearby.