SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WKRN) — Authorities have identified the human remains discovered in a Springfield creek in early July.
On July 4, a decomposed human leg was found in Sulphur Fork Creek near North Main Street. The remains were handed over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for further DNA analysis.
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On Aug. 13, a preliminary forensic DNA examination by the TBI identified the remains as 68-year-old Joseph Frank Benton.
Benton was the father of a man believed to have been dating Jennifer Wix, who disappeared along with her 2-year-old daughter Adrianna on March 25, 2004…