NEWNAN, Ga.,None — Newnan police have identified a body found earlier this week as a missing teenager, and they’re labeling his death a homicide.
The body was found in a creek on Monday. A check of area missing persons reports turned up a report of a missing 17-year-old from Senoia made on Oct. 16.
Information from the missing teen’s family regarding jewelry and a tattoo led police to identify the body as Blake Tyler Chappell, the missing teen.
The medical examiner said Chappell died of a gunshot wound. Police are treating his death as a homicide.
Chappell was last seen early in the morning on Oct. 16 at a friend’s house in the Olmstead subdivision. He left the house to walk to another friend’s house in the Summergrove subdivision, but he never arrived and had not been heard from since.
WSBTV
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