Human Remains Found Near Trail in Georgia

AccessNorthGA.Com carries an article titled "Towns Co. authorities await ID on human remains" and written by B.J. Williams, editor, and posted on 23 January 2012. The relevant point for us is that

Chief Deputy Jeff Edge said hunters found the remains near the Appalachian Trail at the Towns/White County line Sunday, January 15.

"[The remains were] within a few hundred yards of the Appalachian Trail," said Edge.

The remains are "several months" old. And the article is datelined Hiawasee.

NOTE: similar story in the Clay County Progress of 26 January 2012, "Remains found in Towns County," adding that the remains appear to be of a male.